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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20 Jul 2023 Cross-government Whole of Government Accounts 2020-21 — 3 recommendations

28 Oct 2022 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs annual report and accounts 2021-22 — 2 recommendations

19 Jul 2022 Department for Transport Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Annual Report & Accounts 2021-22 — 3 recommendations

16 Dec 2020 Department for Work and Pensions Child Maintenance Client Funds Account 2019-20 — 5 recommendations

16 Jul 2020 Department for Transport Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20 — 5 recommendations

30 Jun 2020 Department for Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions annual report and accounts 2019-20 — 5 recommendations

11 Jul 2019 Department for Transport Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency Annual Report & Accounts 2018-19 — 4 recommendations

27 Jun 2019 Department for Work and Pensions Department for Work and Pensions annual report and accounts 2018-19 — 6 recommendations

24 May 2019 HM Treasury Whole of Government Accounts 2017-18 — 5 recommendations

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