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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25 Nov 2022 Department for Transport Road enhancements: progress with the second road investment strategy (2020 to 2025) — 8 recommendations

23 Nov 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Investigation into the Digital Services Tax — 4 recommendations

17 Nov 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England — 6 recommendations

15 Nov 2022 Home Office Progress combatting fraud — 4 recommendations

11 Nov 2022 Department for Education Support for vulnerable adolescents — 4 recommendations

21 Oct 2022 NAO Environment Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 — 2 recommendations

19 Oct 2022 Ministry of Defence The Digital Strategy for Defence: A review of early implementation — 5 recommendations

14 Oct 2022 Department of Health and Social Care Introducing Integrated Care Systems: joining up local services to improve health outcomes — 5 recommendations

13 Oct 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Delivery of employment support schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic — 11 recommendations

8 Sep 2022 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government The Affordable Homes Programme since 2015 — 8 recommendations

20 Jul 2022 Department for Transport The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme — 5 recommendations

15 Jul 2022 Cabinet Office Managing central government property — 9 recommendations

13 Jul 2022 Department for Education Developing workforce skills for a strong economy — 5 recommendations

11 Jul 2022 HM Treasury Accounting Officer assessments: improving decision-making and transparency over government’s major programmes — 5 recommendations

8 Jul 2022 NAO Grassroots participation in sports and physical activity — 6 recommendations

5 Jul 2022 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Investigation into the management of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre — 3 recommendations

1 Jul 2022 HM Treasury The Creation of the UK Infrastructure Bank — 7 recommendations

22 Jun 2022 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy The energy supplier market — 7 recommendations

17 Jun 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Tackling local breaches of air quality — 10 recommendations

15 Jun 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Improving the UK’s science capability for managing animal diseases — 7 recommendations

10 Jun 2022 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy Measuring and reporting public sector greenhouse gas emissions — 4 recommendations

8 Jun 2022 Ministry of Justice Electronic monitoring – a progress update — 11 recommendations

18 May 2022 Unknown (355) Regulating after EU Exit — 10 recommendations

27 Apr 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Investigation into government’s actions to combat waste crime in England — 5 recommendations

21 Apr 2022 Cabinet Office Managing cross-border travel during the COVID-19 pandemic — 6 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