Committees

Public Accounts Committee

Commons Select Committee

The Public Accounts Committee examines the value for money of Government projects, programmes and service delivery. Drawing on the work of the National Audit Office the Committee holds government officials to account for the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of public spending.

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Upcoming events

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Monday 14 July 2025
3:00pm Private
3:30pm Public
Smarter delivery of public services - Oral evidence 14 July 2025
3:30pm
  • Sir Peter Schofield KCB (Permanent Secretary at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Julie Taylor ((former) HR Deputy Director, Government Operational Delivery Profession at Department for Work and Pensions)
  • Paul Morrison (Chief Executive at Planning Inspectorate)
  • Tom Greig (Director of Passports, Citizenship, and Civil Registration and Registrar General for England and Wales at Home Office)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday 17 July 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Local bus services in England - Oral evidence 17 July 2025
10:00am
  • Jo Shanmugalingam (Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport)
  • Conrad Bailey (Director General - Public Transport and Local Group at Department for Transport)
  • Stephen Fidler (Director - Buses and Inclusion at Department for Transport)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday 21 July 2025
3:00pm Private
3:30pm Public
Resilience to threats from animal disease - Oral evidence 21 July 2025
3:30pm
  • David Hill (Interim Permanent Secretary at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Professor Christine Middlemiss CB (UK Chief Veterinary Officer at Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Emily Miles (Director General Food, Biosecurity and Trade at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
  • Dr Jenny Stewart ((former) Interim Chief Executive of APHA at Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs)
Physical

Past events

Thursday 10 July 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Cost of maintaining the FCDO’s overseas estate - Oral evidence 10 July 2025
10:00am
  • Sir Oliver Robbins KCMG CB (Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office)
  • Nick Dyer (Second Permanent Under-Secretary at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office)
  • Eddie Hannah OBE (Head of Overseas Estates Department and Chief Engineer at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office)
  • Dr Ian Collard OBE (Head of the FCDO's Estates, Security and Network Directorate at Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday 7 July 2025
3:00pm Private
3:30pm Public
Civil service pensions - Oral evidence 7 July 2025
3:30pm
  • Cat Little CB (Chief Operating Officer and Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office)
  • Fiona Ryland (Government Chief People Officer at Cabinet Office)
  • Muna Rowe (Pensions Deputy Director, Government People Group and Programme SRO at Cabinet Office)
  • Duncan Watson (CEO at MyCSP)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday 30 June 2025
2:00pm Private
3:30pm Public
Improving local areas through developer funding - Oral evidence 30 June 2025
3:30pm
  • Joanna Key (Director General, Regeneration, Housing and Planning at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • William Burgon (Director for Planning at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Dame Sarah Healey DCB CVO
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday 26 June 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Governance and decision-making on major projects - Oral evidence 26 June 2025
10:00am
  • James Bowler CB (Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury)
  • David Goldstone (Independent Chair at The Office for Value for Money at HM Treasury)
  • Nick Donlevy (Director of Public Spending at HM Treasury)
  • David Lunn (Interim Director of Corporate Finance at HM Treasury)
  • Jon Loveday (Director of Infrastructure, Enterprise and Growth at NISTA)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House

Contact us

  • Email: pubaccom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8480 (strictly media enquiries only – contact us via our email for general enquiries)
  • Address: Public Accounts Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA