Source · Recommendations & oversight

National Audit Office

2,796 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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19 Dec 2023 Cross-government Investigation into whistleblowing in the civil service — 4 recommendations

13 Dec 2023 Department for Transport Investigation into the East West Rail project (Oxford – Cambridge) — 11 recommendations

8 Dec 2023 HM Treasury Financial services regulation: Adapting to change — 4 recommendations

6 Dec 2023 Cross-government Government resilience: extreme weather — 6 recommendations

4 Dec 2023 Ministry of Defence The Equipment Plan 2023 to 2033 — 2 recommendations

29 Nov 2023 Cabinet Office Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management — 5 recommendations

24 Nov 2023 Unknown (358) The BBC’s implementation of Across the UK — 5 recommendations

17 Nov 2023 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Levelling up funding to local government — 5 recommendations

15 Nov 2023 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Resilience to flooding — 9 recommendations

10 Nov 2023 Department of Health and Social Care Reforming adult social care in England — 6 recommendations

25 Oct 2023 Cabinet Office Cabinet Office functional savings — 6 recommendations

25 Oct 2023 NAO Environment Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 — 6 recommendations

20 Oct 2023 Cross-government Reducing the harm from illegal drugs — 6 recommendations

13 Sep 2023 Ministry of Defence Defence inventory management — 5 recommendations

19 Jul 2023 NAO Lessons learned: competition in public procurement — 6 recommendations

17 Jul 2023 NAO Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General: HM Revenue & Customs 2022-23 Accounts — 2 recommendations

17 Jul 2023 Department of Health and Social Care Progress with the New Hospital Programme — 7 recommendations

12 Jul 2023 Department for Culture, Media & Sport Preparedness for online safety regulation — 7 recommendations

6 Jul 2023 NAO DWP Report on Account 2022/23 — 16 recommendations

5 Jul 2023 HM Treasury Managing government borrowing — 6 recommendations

30 Jun 2023 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs The government’s resources and waste reforms for England — 7 recommendations

28 Jun 2023 Department for Education Condition of school buildings — 7 recommendations

28 Jun 2023 Department for Education Department for Education: sustainability overview — 6 recommendations

23 Jun 2023 Department for Work and Pensions Transforming health assessments for disability benefits — 12 recommendations

16 Jun 2023 Home Office The asylum and protection transformation programme — 5 recommendations

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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 — 94 reports Cabinet Office — 87 reports Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy — 81 reports Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government — 74 reports HM Revenue and Customs — 73 reports Department for Work and Pensions — 64 reports Ministry of Defence — 62 reports Department for Education — 62 reports Department for Transport — 59 reports Devolved administrations — 56 reports Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs — 54 reports Home Office — 52 reports Ministry of Justice — 38 reports Department for Culture, Media & Sport — 29 reports