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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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20 May 2024 Cross-government The UK border: Implementing an effective trade border — 9 recommendations

17 May 2024 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Implementing statutory biodiversity net gain — 10 recommendations

15 May 2024 HM Revenue and Customs HMRC customer service

15 May 2024 NAO Customer service — 11 recommendations

10 May 2024 Department for Work and Pensions Investigation into the Pensions Dashboards Programme

24 Apr 2024 NAO Preparations to extend early years entitlements to working parents in England — 5 recommendations

24 Apr 2024 Department for Education Preparations to extend early years entitlements for working parents in England

25 Mar 2024 NAO Progress with the merger of the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for International Development (DFID) — 7 recommendations

25 Mar 2024 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Progress with the merger of the FCO and DFID

22 Mar 2024 Department of Health and Social Care NHS England’s modelling for the Long Term Workforce Plan — 16 recommendations

20 Mar 2024 Home Office Investigation into asylum accommodation

18 Mar 2024 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero Decarbonising home heating — 8 recommendations

15 Mar 2024 Cross-government Use of artificial intelligence in government — 10 recommendations

13 Mar 2024 Cross-government Civil service leadership capability — 7 recommendations

8 Mar 2024 Department for Transport Rail reform: the rail transformation programme — 4 recommendations

4 Mar 2024 NAO Bank of England: Managing legal, ethical and staff compliance risks — 4 recommendations

1 Mar 2024 Home Office Investigation into the costs of the UK-Rwanda Partnership

28 Feb 2024 Department of Health and Social Care Investigation into the UKHSA’s health security campus programme

27 Feb 2024 Department for Work and Pensions Progress in implementing Universal Credit — 4 recommendations

22 Feb 2024 Department for Science, Innovation and Technology Supporting mobile connectivity — 9 recommendations

9 Feb 2024 Ministry of Justice Government’s management of legal aid — 10 recommendations

8 Feb 2024 NAO Lessons learned: tackling fraud and protecting propriety in government spending during an emergency — 20 recommendations

2 Feb 2024 Cabinet Office Non-executive appointments — 8 recommendations

31 Jan 2024 HM Revenue and Customs Tax measures to encourage economic growth — 10 recommendations

24 Jan 2024 Department for Energy Security and Net Zero The government’s support for biomass — 4 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 — 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