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

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18 Jul 2011 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2010-11 Annual Accounts of the Ministry of Defence

14 Jul 2011 NAO The Treasury’s 2010-11 Accounts: the financial stability interventions

11 Jul 2011 NAO Social Fund White Paper Account 2010-11

8 Jul 2011 NAO HM Revenue & Customs 2010-11 report and accounts

21 Jun 2011 NAO Report of the Comptroller & Auditor General on the 2009-10 accounts of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

28 Apr 2011 NAO Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission Client Funds Account 2008-09 & 2009-10

4 Apr 2011 NAO The 2009-10 accounts of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

15 Dec 2010 NAO Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2009-10 House of Commons Members Resource Accounts

2 Dec 2010 NAO Social Fund Account 2009-10

30 Nov 2010 NAO Community Legal Service Fund and Criminal Defence Service accounts 2009-10

28 Jul 2010 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 2009-2010 resource accounts

27 Jul 2010 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2009-10 accounts of the UK Statistics Authority

27 Jul 2010 NAO Department for Work and Pensions: Resource Accounts 2009-10

26 Jul 2010 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2009-10 accounts of the Ministry of Defence

20 Jul 2010 NAO HM Revenue & Customs 2009-10 Accounts: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General

15 Jul 2010 NAO Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General on the 2008-09 accounts of the Equality and Human Rights Commission

29 Oct 2009 Devolved administrations C&AG Report on Accounts: Community Legal Service Fund and Criminal Defence Service accounts 2008-09

31 Jul 2009 NAO National Audit Office Resource Accounts 2008-2009

22 Jul 2009 NAO Report of the C&AG on the Home Office Resource Accounts 2008-09

20 Jul 2009 NAO HM Revenue and Customs 2008-09 Accounts: The Comptroller and Auditor General’s Standard Report

20 Jul 2009 NAO HM Treasury Resource Accounts 2008-09: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General to the House of Commons

20 Jul 2009 NAO C&AG report on the qualification of the Equality and Human Rights Commission’s accounts

20 Jul 2009 NAO Report of the C&AG on the Department for Work and Pensions Resource Accounts 2008-09

20 Jul 2009 NAO Report of the C&AG on the 2008-09 Resource Accounts of the Ministry of Defence

13 Mar 2009 NAO Social Fund Account 2007-2008

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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