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National Audit Office

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.

Recent reports

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9 Jul 2015 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Devolving responsibilities to cities in England: Wave 1 City Deals

2 Jul 2015 Department of Health and Social Care General Practice Extraction Service – Investigation

1 Jul 2015 Cabinet Office Open-book accounting and supply-chain assurance: case studies

1 Jul 2015 Cabinet Office Open-book accounting and supply-chain assurance

30 Jun 2015 Department for Education Funding for disadvantaged pupils

25 Jun 2015 Cabinet Office Equality, diversity, and inclusion in the civil service

24 Jun 2015 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Disposal of public land for new homes

17 Jun 2015 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Public service markets: Putting things right when they go wrong

12 Jun 2015 Ministry of Defence Military flying training

11 Jun 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Care Act first-phase reforms

11 Jun 2015 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Local government new burdens

5 Jun 2015 Department for Business & Trade Exploiting the UK brand overseas

5 Jun 2015 NAO Central government staff costs

4 Jun 2015 Devolved administrations Financial sustainability of police forces in England and Wales

1 Apr 2015 NAO Diversity and inclusion strategy 2015-2018

27 Mar 2015 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs NHS financial management and sustainability 2015

27 Mar 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Modelling of maternity services in England

26 Mar 2015 HM Treasury Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Whole of Government Accounts 2013-14

25 Mar 2015 Department of Health and Social Care Mapping between different commissioners of healthcare

25 Mar 2015 Cabinet Office Our enquiries into Civil Service Learning’s contract with Capita

17 Mar 2015 Cabinet Office One HMG Overseas

13 Mar 2015 Department for Work and Pensions Investigation into potential conflicts of interest in the award of Disabled Students’ Allowance

12 Mar 2015 NAO The centre of government: an update

11 Mar 2015 NAO Investigation into government travel expenditure

10 Mar 2015 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Reducing costs through ‘Delivering Quality First’

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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