Employees and directors of West Australian government agencies have taken thousands of tickets to sponsored events for private use, a report has found.

The Public Sector Commission [PSC] report, which examined 17 government agencies, warned employees and directors were using tickets provided to sponsored events for personal purposes too often.

The report follows controversy last year over health promotion agency Healthway's use of perks obtained through sponsorship deals with a range of sporting organisations.

The PSC said it was pleased with the way other government agencies had responded to the Healthway issue, with many updating or tightening policies surrounding the use of tickets and other perks related to sponsorship deals.

"Government bodies are more mindful and conservative about the circumstances applying to sponsored or financially supported arrangements," commissioner Mal Wauchope stated in his foreword to the report.

A survey of 17 agencies revealed that 20 per cent of tickets provided under sponsorship agreements were being used in a private capacity.

That represented a total of 3,200 tickets.

"This issue requires addressing to eliminate or, at a minimum, significantly reduce this type of use," the report said.

"In general, attendance by board members or employees at events without a specific 'public purpose' or 'business-focused' role should not occur.

"Staff or board members should ask themselves, is there any essential benefit to the business in me attending the event? If not, then they should strongly consider whether it would be appropriate for them to attend the event.

"Private use [should be] eliminated or significantly reduced and scrutinised."

The report recommended government bodies have "an informed and conservative approach" when making decisions about sponsored and financially-supported events.

The PSC said that should ensure there was a defensible public purpose between a sponsored event and the agency's core business.

The report also raised concerns that only 41 per cent of the event sponsorship or grant arrangements examined by the PSC which required ministerial approval actually received it.