Accountability Index Sources
Recommendations, investigations, inspections and enforcement actions from 56 public oversight sources, linked to the bodies responsible for acting on them.
27,392
Recommendations
13,836
Investigations
10,422
Enforcement Actions
7,203
Public Bodies
Recommendations & Oversight
Inquiry recommendations, committee reports, audit findings, and coroner reports
Public Inquiries
Statutory and non-statutory inquiry recommendations with government responses and delivery tracking
Select Committees
Parliamentary select committee reports, oral evidence, correspondence and government responses
Manifesto Tracker
Labour 2024 manifesto commitments tracked by department with evidence of delivery across 21 government departments
NAO Reports
National Audit Office value-for-money reports and recommendations to government departments
Coroner PFD Reports
Prevention of Future Death reports issued by coroners, with mandatory responses from named organisations
Independent Reviews
Non-statutory government-commissioned reviews with recommendations and formal responses
Victims’ Commissioner
Reports and recommendations from the Independent Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses
Fatal Accident Inquiries (Scotland)
Scottish FAI determinations — mandatory inquiries into deaths in custody, at work, or in circumstances raising public concern
Health & Care
Patient safety investigations, inspections, workforce data, clinical negligence, and safety alerts
Investigations in the NHS
Independent investigation reports and reviews commissioned by government or NHS bodies
HSSIB Investigations
Health Services Safety Investigations Body — independent investigations into serious patient safety incidents
CQC Inspection Reports
Care Quality Commission must-do and should-do actions from inspection reports
PHSO Investigations
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman formal investigations and recommendations
Patient Safety Alerts
Mandatory NHS safety alerts requiring action by specified organisations within set deadlines
NHS Staff Survey
Annual staff engagement, safety culture, and bullying/harassment data by NHS trust
NHS Resolution Claims
Clinical negligence claims data — volumes, costs, and specialty breakdown by trust
MHRA Safety Alerts
Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency alerts for medicines and medical devices
Patient Safety Commissioner
Reports and recommendations from the independent Patient Safety Commissioner for England
National Guardian FTSU
Quarterly Freedom to Speak Up case counts per NHS trust — speaking-up culture and safety climate indicator
Policing
Force inspections, conduct investigations, complaints, and deaths in custody
HMICFRS PEEL Assessments
His Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary graded assessments of all 43 territorial police forces
IOPC Learning & Recommendations
Independent Office for Police Conduct learning recommendations to forces following investigations
IOPC Death & Serious Injury Statistics
Annual statistics on deaths and serious injuries following police contact, by force
IOPC Complaints Statistics
Annual police complaints data — allegation volumes, outcomes, and conduct trends by force
Force Management Statements
Annual self-assessments submitted by forces to HMICFRS covering demand, workforce, and finances
Prisons & Detention
Prison inspections, performance data, safety statistics, deaths in custody, immigration detention, and border inspections
HMIP Prison Inspections
HM Inspectorate of Prisons inspection reports with safety, respect, activity, and release ratings
IRC Inspections
Immigration Removal Centre inspection results — safety, respect, activities, and preparation for removal
Prison Performance Ratings
HMPPS annual prison performance ratings — 1 (serious concern) to 4 (exceptional) by establishment
HMPPS Safety in Custody
Self-harm incidents, assaults, and deaths in custody — quarterly statistics by establishment
PPO Fatal Incident Reports
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigations into deaths in custody
IMB Annual Reports
Independent Monitoring Board annual reports on conditions and treatment in prisons and IRCs
Detention Investigations
Shaw Reviews, Verita investigations, and PPO special investigations into immigration detention
ICIBI Immigration Inspections
Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration inspection reports and recommendations
IAPDC Deaths in Custody
Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody — Article 2 learning from inquests and investigations
HMI Probation Inspections
HM Inspectorate of Probation inspection results for probation regions and youth offending teams
Children & Education
Ofsted inspections, serious child incidents, and child safeguarding practice reviews
Ofsted Inspections
Children's services and school inspection outcomes with graded judgements by local authority
Ofsted Serious Incidents
Serious child incidents notified to Ofsted — deaths, serious injuries, and safeguarding failures
Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews
Local and national reviews following serious child safeguarding incidents, with published recommendations
Ombudsmen & Complaints
Casework decisions from parliamentary, health, housing, and local government ombudsmen
PHSO Casework Decisions
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman individual casework decisions and uphold rates
Housing Ombudsman Decisions
Formal decisions and determinations on complaints against registered social landlords
Local Government Ombudsman
LGSCO decisions on complaints about councils and care providers
CQC Local Authority Assessments
Care Quality Commission assessments of local authority adult social care commissioning
SPSO (Scotland)
Scottish Public Services Ombudsman decisions on complaints about public bodies and NHS Scotland
PSOW (Wales)
Public Services Ombudsman for Wales decisions on complaints about devolved Welsh public bodies
NIPSO (Northern Ireland)
Northern Ireland Public Services Ombudsman decisions on complaints about NI public services
Transport & Water
Safety investigations across rail, maritime, aviation, and water company performance
Transport Safety Investigations
RAIB rail accidents, MAIB maritime incidents, and AAIB aviation investigations with safety recommendations
Water Company Performance
Ofwat, Environment Agency, and DWI data on sewage spills, water quality, and company performance
Ofwat Enforcement
Ofwat enforcement actions against water companies — fines, undertakings, and penalty notices
EA Enforcement
Environment Agency enforcement actions — prosecutions, civil sanctions, and pollution incidents
ORR Enforcement
Office of Rail and Road enforcement actions — improvement notices, prohibition notices, and prosecutions
Enforcement & Transparency
Regulatory enforcement, prosecutions, FOI compliance, and freedom of information disclosures
ACOBA Advice Letters
Advisory Committee on Business Appointments advice on post-government roles — the revolving door between government and the private sector
ICO Enforcement
Information Commissioner enforcement notices, fines, and reprimands for data protection and FOI failures
HSE Enforcement
Health and Safety Executive enforcement actions, prosecutions, and Crown Censures
FOI Disclosures
Freedom of Information releases published on GOV.UK with timeliness league tables
FOI Compliance Statistics
Cabinet Office quarterly FOI statistics — timeliness, disclosure rates, and refusals across ~75 central government bodies
CSPL Recommendations
Committee on Standards in Public Life recommendations on ethics, lobbying, party finance, and regulation of public appointments
FCA Enforcement Actions
Financial Conduct Authority fines, prohibitions, and censures against regulated firms and individuals in financial services
Public Spending
Government expenditure analysis by department, function, and programme
OSCAR Departmental Spending
HM Treasury OSCAR data — departmental expenditure by function (COFOG), programme, and year
Government Spending Register
Contract awards and grant distributions by department — from Contracts Finder and the Government Grants Register
Gifts & Hospitality
Ministerial and senior official gifts and hospitality declarations by department
Audit Scotland
Performance audits and value-for-money reports on Scottish NHS, local authorities, and government agencies
Audit Wales
Performance audits and value-for-money reports on Welsh local authorities, NHS Wales, and devolved public bodies
NAO Annual Audit Opinions
C&AG audit opinions on government department accounts — qualified opinions signal material accounting failures