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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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Thursday 27 March 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks - Oral evidence 27 March 2025
10:00am
  • The Lord O'Neill of Gatley
  • Dr David Partridge (Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and President at British Infection Association)
10:45am
  • Professor Sir Chris Whitty (Acting Permanent Secretary and Chief Medical Officer at Department for Health and Social Care)
  • Professor Sir Stephen Powis (National Medical Director at NHS England)
  • Professor Susan Hopkins (Chief Medical Advisor at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA))
  • Abigail Seager (Chief Executive Officer, Veterinary Medicines Directorate at Defra)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday 31 March 2025
3:00pm Private
3:30pm Public
Condition of Government properties - Oral evidence 31 March 2025
3:30pm
  • Cat Little (Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office, and Chief Operating Officer at Civil Service)
  • Mark Chivers (Government Chief Property Officer at Office of Government Property)
Physical
Thursday 3 April 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Local Government Financial Sustainability - Oral evidence 3 April 2025
10:00am
  • Professor Tony Travers (Professor in Practice and Associate Dean at The LSE School of Public Policy)
  • Councillor Peter Marland (Chair of the Economy and Resources Board at Local Government Association)
  • Iain Murray (Director of Public Financial Management at Chartered Insititute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA))
10:45am
  • Sarah Healey (Permanent Secretary at MHCLG)
  • Will Garton (Director General Local Government, Growth and Communities at MHCLG)
  • Nico Heslop (Director of Local Government Finance at MHCLG)
  • Conrad Smewing (Director General, Public Spending at MHCLG)
Physical

Past events

Thursday 20 March 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
Decommissioning Sellafield - Oral evidence 20 March 2025
10:00am
  • Clive Maxwell (Second Permanent Secretary at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  • Lee McDonough (Director General, Net Zero, Nuclear and International at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  • David Peattie (Group Chief Executive Officer at Nuclear Decommissioning Authority)
  • Kate Bowyer (Chief Financial Officer at Nuclear Decommissioning Authority)
  • Euan Hutton (Chief Executive at Sellafield Ltd)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday 17 March 2025
3:00pm Private
3:30pm Public
Tackling Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) - Oral evidence 17 March 2025
3:30pm
  • Nicole Jacobs DBE
  • Professor Katrin Hohl (Independent advisor to government on criminal justice responses to sexual violence and Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at City St George's University of London)
  • Farah Nazeer (Chief Executive Officer at Women's Aid)
4:15pm
  • Sir Matthew Rycroft (Permanent Secretary at Home Office)
  • Richard Clarke (Director General, Safer Streets at Home Office)
  • Justin Russell (Director General for Families at Department for Education)
  • Emma Payne (Director for Social Housing at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
  • Talitha Rowland (Director for Security and Online Harms at Department of Science Innovation and Technology)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday 13 March 2025
9:30am Private
10:00am Public
DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 - Oral evidence 13 March 2025
10:00am
  • Professor Sir Chris Whitty (Acting Permanent Secretary and Chief Medical Officer at Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC))
  • Andy Brittain (DHSC Director General, Finance at Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC))
  • Professor Dame Jenny Harries (Chief Executive at UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA))
  • Julian Kelly (Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive at NHS England)
The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Monday 10 March 2025
3:00pm Private
3:30pm Public
Government cyber resilience - Oral evidence 10 March 2025
3:30pm
  • Cat Little (Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office, and Chief Operating Officer at Civil Service)
  • Vincent Devine (Government Chief Security Officer and Head of the Government Security Function at Cabinet Office)
  • Bella Powell (Cyber Director, Government Security Group at Cabinet Office)
  • Joanna Davinson (interim Government Chief Digital Officer at Cabinet Office)
The Thatcher 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