Source · Recommendations & oversight

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

Page 8 of 13 · 2,815 reports total

1 Nov 2012 NAO Serious Fraud Office 2011-12 accounts

31 Oct 2012 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Whole of Government Accounts 2010-11

16 Jul 2012 NAO Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency accounts 2011-12

16 Jul 2012 NAO HM Treasury Resource Accounts 2011-2012

16 Jul 2012 NAO Department for Education and The Young People’s Learning Agency Accounts 2011-12

13 Jul 2012 NAO The accounts of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and of the Rural Payments Agency 2011-12

12 Jul 2012 NAO Social Fund White Paper Account 2011-12

12 Jul 2012 NAO Department for Work and Pensions 2011-12 accounts

11 Jul 2012 NAO Legal Services Commission, Community Legal Service Fund and Criminal Defence Service 2011-12 accounts

3 Jul 2012 NAO The East of England Development Agency financial statements 2011-12

28 Jun 2012 NAO C&AG report: HM Revenue and Customs 2011-12 accounts

26 Jun 2012 NAO Skills Funding Agency Accounts 2011-12

14 May 2012 NAO Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Client Funds Account 2010-11

27 Apr 2012 NAO Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2010-2011 Grant-in-Aid financial statements and the Lottery financial statements of the Arts Council England

31 Jan 2012 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Civil Superannuation accounts 2010-11

19 Dec 2011 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2010-11 accounts of the Science and Technology Facilities Council

29 Nov 2011 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Whole of Government Accounts 2009-10

24 Nov 2011 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2010-11 accounts of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

27 Oct 2011 NAO Community Legal Service Fund and Criminal Defence Service Accounts 2010-11

11 Oct 2011 NAO The Comptroller and Auditor General’s Report on the 2010-11 House of Commons Members Accounts

26 Jul 2011 NAO Department of Transport Accounts 2010-11

20 Jul 2011 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Rural Payments Agency 2010-2011 financial statements

20 Jul 2011 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2010-2011 accounts

19 Jul 2011 NAO Department for Work and Pensions: 2010-11 accounts

19 Jul 2011 NAO Skills Funding Agency Accounts 2010-11

‹ Prev Page 8 of 13 Next ›

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