Our independent reports review information management capability and compliance across government. They champion good practice and make targeted recommendations for improvement.
This page contains Information Management Assessment (IMA) reports, action plans and progress reviews. Progress reviews are carried out a year after the publication of the initial report and assess progress made against the agreed action plan.
Published reports and action plans
Cabinet Office
Cabinet Office 2018 IMA action plan
Date of IMA reassessment: February/March 2018
Cabinet Office 2018 IMA re-assessment report
Cabinet Office 2018 statement on publication of the IMA report
Date of Information Management Assessment: June/August 2013 (IMA closed)
Cabinet Office statement on publication of the IMA report
Cabinet Office information management action plan
Date of formal progress review: September 2015
Criminal Records Bureau (CRB)
Date of Information Management Assessment: November 2011 (IMA closed)
Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
Date of Information Management Assessment: July 2017
Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS)
Date of Information Management Assessment: May 2013 (IMA closed)
BIS statement on publication of the IMA report
Date of formal progress review: May 2015
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
DCMS Action Plan Progress Report 2019
Date of IMA reassessment: March 2017
DCMS statement on publication of IMA reassessment report
Date of Information Management Assessment: February 2010 (IMA closed)
Date of formal progress review: December 2012
Department for Education (DfE)
Date of Information Management Assessment: November 2015 (IMA closed)
Date of DfE formal progress review: May 2017
DfE IMA action plan progress report
Date of Information Management Assessment: July 2009 (action plan now closed)
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
Date of IMA reassessment: September 2017
Defra statement on publication of IMA reassessment report
Date of Information Management Assessment: July 2011 (IMA closed)
Date of formal progress review: October 2013
Department for International Development (DfID)
Date of formal progress review: March 2018
DfID IMA action plan progress report
Date of DfID Information Management Reassessment: November 2016
DfID statement on publication of IMA reassessment report
Date of Information Management Assessment: November 2008 (IMA closed)
Department for Transport (DfT)
Date of IMA reassessment: May 2017 (IMA closed)
DfT statement on publication of IMA reassessment report
DfT IMA action plan progress report
Date of Information Management Assessment: June 2009 (IMA closed)
Date of formal progress review: February 2011
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Date of Information Management Assessment: March 2015 (IMA closed)
DWP statement on publication of the report
Date of formal progress review: September 2016
Department of Health (DH)
Date of Information Management Assessment: October 2014 (IMA closed)
Department of Health IMA report
Department of Health statement on publication of IMA report
Date of formal progress review: June 2016
Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)
Date of Information Management Assessment: May 2011 (IMA closed)
DECC statement on publication of the IMA report
Date of formal progress review: January 2014
Environment Agency
Date of Information Management Assessment: April/May 2009 (IMA closed)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
Date of IMA reassessment: July 2014 (IMA closed)
FCO statement on publication of the report
FCO IMA reassessment summary action plan
Date of formal progress review: September 2016
FCO IMA action plan progress report
Date of Information Management Assessment: September/October 2009 (IMA closed)
Date of formal progress review: February 2012
Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC)
Date of IMA reassessment: July 2016
HMRC statement on publication of the report
HMRC IMA reassessment summary action plan
Date of formal progress review: January 2018
Date of Information Management Assessment: March/April 2010 (IMA closed)
HMRC statement on publication of the IMA report
Date of formal progress review: May 2013
Her Majesty’s Treasury (HM Treasury)
Date of Information Management Reassessment: September 2015 (IMA closed)
HMT statement on publication of the report
Date of formal progress review: June 2017
Home Office
Date of Information Management Assessment: June/July 2015 (IMA closed)
Home Office statement on publication of the report
Date of formal progress review: February 2017
Houses of Parliament
Date of Information Management Assessment: March 2016
The administrations of the Houses of Parliament IMA report is published on the parliament.co.uk website
Date of formal progress review: January 2018
Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency
Date of Information Management Assessment: August 2019MHRA IMA report
Ministry of Defence (MOD)
Date of formal progress review: May 2019
MOD IMA 2017 Action plan summary
Date of IMA reassessment: February 2017
Date of Information Management Assessment: September 2011 (IMA closed)
Date of formal progress review: June 2014
MOD IMA action plan progress report
MOD was first assessed in March 2009 (IMA closed)
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government’s (MHCLG) – formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
Date of Information Management Assessment: March 2012 (IMA closed)
Date of formal progress review: February 2015
DCLG IMA action plan progress report
Date of Information Management Assessment: May 2018
Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
Date of Information Management Reassessment: May 2016
MOJ statement on publication of the IMA reassessment report
MOJ IMA reassessment action plan
Date of formal progress review: November 2017
MOJ action plan progress report
Date of Information Management Assessment: June/July 2010 (IMA closed)
MOJ statement on publication of the IMA report
Date of formal progress review: July 2012
The National Archives
Date of Information Management Assessment: March 2011 (IMA closed)
The National Archives IMA report
The National Archives IMA action plan
Date of formal progress review: October 2012
Northern Ireland Office
Date of Information Management Assessment: February 2016 (IMA closed)
NIO statement on publication of IMA report
Date of formal progress review: September 2017
UK Export Finance (UKEF)
Date of Information Management Assessment: January 2014 (IMA closed)
Date of formal progress review: July 2015
Welsh Government
Date of Information Management Assessment: March 2014 (IMA closed)
Welsh Government statement on publication of the IMA report
Welsh Government IMA action plan
Date of formal progress review: February 2016