54 current inquiries
Inquiries allow committees to consider oral and written evidence on a particular topic. They usually result in the publication of a report.
Accountability in small government bodies
Written evidence:
Accepting
Open for submissions
Opened 6 May 2025
Civil service pensions
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 23 June 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Cost of maintaining the FCDO’s overseas estate
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 26 June 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Government fees, charges and levies
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 26 June 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Government use of data analytics to make fraud and error savings
Written evidence:
Accepting
Open for submissions
Opened 6 May 2025
Improving family court services for children
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 9 June 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Improving government customer service
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 30 June 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Improving local areas through developer funding
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 16 June 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Local bus services in England
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 3 July 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
MoD’s oversight of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 2 June 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Resilience to threats from animal disease
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 7 July 2025
Opened 6 May 2025
Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 29 May 2025
Opened 26 March 2025
Government’s use of private finance for infrastructure
Opened 26 March 2025
Immigration: Skilled worker visas
Opened 26 March 2025
Increasing teacher numbers: Secondary and further education
Opened 26 March 2025
Introducing T Levels
Opened 26 March 2025
Jobcentres
Opened 26 March 2025
Reducing NHS waiting times for elective care
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 19 June 2025
Opened 26 March 2025
The Future of the Equipment Plan
Opened 26 March 2025
UK Research and Innovation
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 22 May 2025
Opened 26 March 2025
Water sector regulation
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 26 May 2025
Opened 26 March 2025
Work of the Department for Business and Trade
Opened 26 March 2025
Excess votes 2023-24
Report:
Published
On 26 February 2025
Opened 6 February 2025
Government support for biomass
Report:
Published
On 25 April 2025
Opened 4 February 2025
Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks
Opened 15 January 2025
Condition of Government properties
Opened 15 January 2025
DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24
Report:
Published
On 14 May 2025
Govt. response:
Due by
On 14 July 2025
Opened 15 January 2025
Fixing NHS Dentistry
Report:
Published
On 4 April 2025
Opened 15 January 2025
Governance and decision-making on major projects
Written evidence:
Accepting
Deadline 12 June 2025
Opened 15 January 2025
Government cyber resilience
Report:
Published
On 9 May 2025
Opened 15 January 2025
Government’s relationship with digital technology suppliers
Opened 15 January 2025
Local Government Financial Sustainability
Opened 15 January 2025
Tackling Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)
Report:
Published
On 16 May 2025
Govt. response:
Due by
On 16 July 2025
Opened 15 January 2025
The cost of the tax system
Report:
Published
On 30 April 2025
Opened 15 January 2025
Energy Bills Support
Report:
Published
On 28 March 2025
Opened 29 November 2024
Public charge points for electric vehicles
Report:
Published
On 12 March 2025
Opened 29 November 2024
Asylum accommodation: Home Office acquisition of former HMP Northeye
Report:
Published
On 5 February 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 6 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage
Report:
Published
On 7 February 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 6 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in England
Report:
Published
On 17 January 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Crown Court backlogs
Report:
Published
On 5 March 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
DCMS management of COVID-19 loans
Report:
Published
On 2 April 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Decommissioning Sellafield
Opened 31 October 2024
DWP Customer Service and Accounts 2023-24
Report:
Published
On 31 January 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 6 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
HMRC Customer Service and Accounts 2023-24
Report:
Published
On 22 January 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 6 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
HS2: Update following the Northern leg cancellation
Report:
Published
On 28 February 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 16 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged children
Report:
Published
On 7 March 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
NHS financial sustainability
Report:
Published
On 29 January 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Prison estate capacity
Report:
Published
On 14 March 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Support for children and young people with special educational needs
Report:
Published
On 15 January 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 6 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Tackling homelessness
Report:
Published
On 24 January 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 6 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Tax evasion in the retail sector
Report:
Published
On 12 February 2025
Govt. response:
Published
On 6 May 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding
Report:
Published
On 21 March 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Use of AI in Government
Report:
Published
On 26 March 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Whole of Government Accounts 2022-23
Report:
Published
On 19 March 2025
Opened 31 October 2024
Latest news
Govt mission to tackle violence against women and girls requires strong action on all fronts, PAC warns
Victims and survivors continue to be let down as govt departments struggle to keep pace with the evolving nature of violence against women and girls
16 May 2025
Abolishing NHS England with no clear plan for cuts left uncertain future for patients and staff
Govt called on to reduce tragic incidences of patient harm as jaw-dropping amounts paid out on clinical negligence claims
14 May 2025
Cyber threats: Government defences have been outpaced by hostile states and criminals
Government resilience to cyberattack far from where it needs to be as PAC calls for details of fundamentally different approach to meet aim of shielding wider public sector by 2030
9 May 2025
Upcoming events
Monday
16 June 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
MoD’s oversight of Reserve Forces’ and Cadets’ Associations - Oral evidence
16 June 2025
3:30pm
- David Williams (Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Defence)
- Aneen Blackmore (Director General Finance at Ministry of Defence)
- Major General Marc Overton (Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) at Ministry of Defence)
- Major General (Rtd) Jamie Gordon (Chief Executive at Council for Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations)
Physical
Thursday
12 June 2025
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
Collecting the right tax from wealthy individuals - Oral evidence
12 June 2025
10:00am
- John-Paul Marks (Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive at HMRC)
- Penny Ciniewicz (Director General Compliance at HMRC)
- Jonathan Athow (Director General for Customer Strategy and Tax Design at HMRC)
- Philippa Madelin (Director for Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance at HMRC)
Physical
Monday
9 June 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Water sector regulation - Oral evidence
9 June 2025
3:30pm
- David Henderson (Chief Executive at Water UK)
- Dr Mike Keil (Chief Executive at Consumer Council for Water)
- John Earwaker (Director at First Economics)
4:15pm
- Dame Tamara Finkelstein DBE (Permanent Secretary at Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
- David Hill (Director General at Environment Agency)
- Philip Duffy (Chief Executive at Environment Agency)
- David Black (Chief Executive at Ofwat)
Physical
Thursday
5 June 2025
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
UK Research and Innovation - Oral evidence
5 June 2025
10:00am
- Sir David Grant CBE
- Professor Paul Boyle CBE (Universities UK Board Member and Vice Chancellor at Swansea University)
10:45am
- Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser DBE FRS (Chief Executive at UK Research and Innovation (UKRI))
- Sarah Munby (Permanent Secretary at Department of Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Alexandra Jones (Director General, Science, Innovation and Growth at Department of Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Siobhan Peters (Chief Finance Officer at UKRI)
TBC
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