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2,815 reports 2,007 recommendations 1,697 with PAC follow-up 59% implementation rate

NAO value-for-money reports examining the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of government spending. Recommendations are tracked against government responses and, where a PAC hearing followed, linked to the committee's own recommendations and Treasury Minute responses.

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Recent reports

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14 Oct 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Confirmed impacts: Drawing together information and insights across the adult care system
14 Oct 2015 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy The economic regulation of the water sector
14 Oct 2015 Department for Transport Confirmed impacts: Developing the capability needed to deliver the rail strategy
14 Oct 2015 Ministry of Justice Confirmed impacts: Shining a spotlight on contract management
14 Oct 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Confirmed impacts: Improving the procurement of consumables by NHS trusts
14 Oct 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Confirmed impacts: Driving improvements in NHS stroke care
14 Oct 2015 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Confirmed impacts: Using our expertise to help improve consumer protection across central and local government
7 Oct 2015 HM Treasury The art of spending public money wisely
17 Sep 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the Cancer Drugs Fund
11 Sep 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Managing conflicts of interest in NHS clinical commissioning groups
10 Sep 2015 HM Treasury Financial institutions landscape
3 Aug 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Care Act first-phase reforms – local experience of implementation
22 Jul 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Care Quality Commission
21 Jul 2015 HM Treasury HM Treasury’s 2014-15 Annual Report and Accounts
21 Jul 2015 Cabinet Office Investigation into the matching of funds from the Grassroots Grants Programme with donations from The W O Street Charitable Foundation
20 Jul 2015 NAO Skills Funding Agency Accounts 2014-15
20 Jul 2015 NAO Overseeing financial sustainability in the further education sector
17 Jul 2015 Ministry of Defence Strategic financial management in the Ministry of Defence
17 Jul 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Care leavers’ transitions to adulthood
17 Jul 2015 NAO Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs 2014-15 accounts
16 Jul 2015 NAO Department for Work and Pensions 2014-15 accounts
16 Jul 2015 NAO Ministry of Defence 2014-15 accounts
14 Jul 2015 NAO BBC television licence fee trust statement for the year ending 31 March 2015 – audit report of the C&AG
13 Jul 2015 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Managing disallowance risk
10 Jul 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Services for people with neurological conditions: progress review
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Response breakdown across all NAO recommendations

2,007 recommendations tracked
Status Recommendations Share
Implemented 1,186 59%
Accepted 1,554 77%
Partially accepted 186 9%
Work in progress 479 24%
Rejected 39 2%
Confirmed by NAO follow-up 1,697 85%
Methodology: status determined from departmental responses, Treasury Minute responses, PAC follow-up hearings, and NAO own progress tracking.

Top recipients of NAO recommendations

Departments named in NAO reports · all years
Department of Health and Social Care — 125 reports HM Treasury — 95 reports Cabinet Office — 87 reports Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy — 81 reports Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — 76 reports HM Revenue and Customs — 74 reports Department for Work and Pensions — 66 reports Ministry of Defence — 63 reports Department for Education — 63 reports Department for Transport — 62 reports Devolved administrations — 56 reports Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs — 55 reports Home Office — 53 reports Ministry of Justice — 39 reports Department for Culture, Media & Sport — 30 reports