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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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

31 Mar 2022 Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office Managing reductions in Official Development Assistance spending — 6 recommendations

25 Mar 2022 Home Office The Police Uplift Programme — 6 recommendations

11 Mar 2022 Ministry of Defence The Ajax programme — 5 recommendations

9 Mar 2022 Department for Education Regulating the financial sustainability of higher education providers in England — 7 recommendations

4 Mar 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs Planting Trees in England — 7 recommendations

3 Mar 2022 Department for Work and Pensions Child Maintenance — 7 recommendations

25 Feb 2022 Department of Health and Social Care The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in England — 6 recommendations

21 Feb 2022 Ministry of Defence The Equipment Plan 2021 to 2031 — 7 recommendations

10 Feb 2022 HM Revenue and Customs Investigation into the implementation of IR35 tax reforms — 6 recommendations

2 Feb 2022 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Supporting local economic growth — 8 recommendations

28 Jan 2022 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy The decommissioning of the AGR nuclear power stations — 6 recommendations

27 Jan 2022 HM Treasury Financial modelling in government — 13 recommendations

21 Jan 2022 NAO Restoration and Renewal of the Palace of Westminster: Progress update — 1 recommendation

19 Jan 2022 Ministry of Justice Improving outcomes for women in the criminal justice system — 8 recommendations

17 Dec 2021 Unknown (358) BBC savings and reform — 4 recommendations

17 Dec 2021 NAO Child Maintenance Client Funds Accounts 2020-21: 1993 and 2003 Schemes Account — 3 recommendations

10 Dec 2021 Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Regulation of private renting — 8 recommendations

8 Dec 2021 Department for Business & Trade Progress with trade negotiations — 7 recommendations

3 Dec 2021 Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy The Bounce Back Loan Scheme: an update — 7 recommendations

2 Dec 2021 Cabinet Office Evaluating government spending — 11 recommendations

1 Dec 2021 NAO Environment Agency Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 — 2 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