​More than 85% of the Auditor General’s recommendations were implemented by the Public Service. This implementation rate is greater than the average of the last 7 years.

This was announced by Principal Permanent Secretary Tony Sultana during a meeting with Auditor General Charles Deguara, in which the publication 'Governance Action' was launched. This publication covers the response of the public administration to the Annual Report on Public Accounts 2020, and other reports that the NAO issued in 2021.

Mr Sultana explained that from 45 audits carried out by the NAO, 537 recommendations were issued, of which the Public Service accepted 527. These led to the formulation of 1,171 actions, of which 85.4% were carried out.

“This result also marks an increase of 450 actions on last year's figures, highlighting the fact that the internal mechanisms and structures of the Public Service are working and even improving their results. In this way, we continue to strengthen our accountability and putting it into practice,” concluded the Principal Permanent Secretary.

At the end of the meeting, Mr Sultana presented the first copy of the publication to the Auditor General Mr Charles Deguara.

The publication ‘Governance Action on NAO’s Annual Report on Public Accounts 2020 & other NAO reports 2021’ is on the Public Service site: