All events
Wednesday
5 March 2025
9:45am
Private meeting
5 March 2025
Physical
Monday
10 February 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Oral evidence session
10 February 2025
NAO Main Estimate 2025-2026 - Oral evidence
3:30pm
- Gareth Davies (Comptroller and Auditor General at National Audit Office)
- Rebecca Sheeran (Chief Operating Officer at National Audit Office)
- Max Tse (Executive Director at National Audit Office)
DCMS management of COVID-19 loans - Oral evidence
4:15pm
- Susannah Storey (Permanent Secretary at Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
- Polly Payne (Director General - Policy at Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
- Nicola Hewer (Director - Cultural Diplomacy, Loans and Visitor Economy at Department for Culture, Media and Sport)
Physical
Thursday
6 February 2025
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
Energy Bills Support - Oral evidence
6 February 2025
10:00am
- Jeremy Pocklington CB (Permanent Secretary at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
- Jonathan Mills (Director General, Energy Market and Supply at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Physical
Monday
3 February 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
The Remediation of Dangerous Cladding - Oral evidence
3 February 2025
3:30pm
- David O'Leary (Executive Director at Home Builders Federation)
- Rhys Moore (Executive Director of Public Impact at National Housing Federation)
- Councillor Adam Hug (Chair of Local Infrastructure and Net Zero Board at Local Government Association, and Leader at Westminster Council)
- Giles Grover (Co-Lead at End Our Cladding Scandal)
4:30pm
- Sarah Healey CB CVO (Permanent Secretary at MHCLG)
- Ben Llewelyn (Director for Remediation policy at MHCLG)
- Richard Goodman (Director General, Safer Greener Buildings and SRO remediation portfolio at MHCLG)
- Helen Fisher (Programme Director, Cladding Safety Scheme at Homes England)
Physical
Thursday
30 January 2025
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
Use of AI in Government - Oral evidence
30 January 2025
10:00am
- Sarah Munby (Permanent Secretary at Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
- Cat Little (Permanent Secretary at Cabinet Office)
- David Knott (Chief Technology Officer for the UK Government, Central Digital and Data Office (CDDO) at Cabinet Office)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday
27 January 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Prison estate capacity - Oral evidence
27 January 2025
3:30pm
- Dame Antonia Romeo DCB (Permanent Secretary and the Clerk of the Crown in Chancery at Ministry of Justice)
- Ross Gribbin (Director General, Prisons, Offenders and International Justice at Ministry of Justice)
- Amy Rees (Director General Chief Executive at HMPPS)
- Jim Barton (Executive Director HMPPS Change at HM Prison and Probation Service)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday
23 January 2025
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
Whole of Government Accounts 2022-23 - Oral evidence
23 January 2025
10:00am
- James Bowler CB (Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury)
- Conrad Smewing (Director General, Public Spending and Joint Head of the Government Finance Function at HM Treasury)
- Andrew Cartner (Director, Public Spending and Deputy Head of the Government Finance Function at HM Treasury)
- Will Garton (Director General, Local Government, Growth and Communities at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
- Rosie Seymour (Deputy Director, Local Government Accountability and Audit at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday
20 January 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Public charge points for electric vehicles - Oral evidence
20 January 2025
3:30pm
- Jo Shanmugalingam (Second Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport)
- Nick Shaw (Deputy Director, Joint Head at Office for Zero Emission Vehicles)
- Richard Bruce CBE (Director at Office for Zero Emission Vehicles Directorate)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday
16 January 2025
9:30am
Private meeting
16 January 2025
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday
13 January 2025
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Improving educational outcomes for disadvantaged children - Oral evidence
13 January 2025
3:30pm
- Susan Acland-Hood (Permanent Secretary at Department for Education)
- Tony Foot (Director General for Strategy at Department for Education)
- Juliet Chua CB (Director General for Schools at Department for Education)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday
9 January 2025
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
Crown Court backlogs - Oral evidence
9 January 2025
10:00am
- Dame Antonia Romeo DCB (Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Justice)
- Jerome Glass (Director General, Courts and Access to Justice Policy at Ministry of Justice)
- Nick Goodwin (Chief Executive at HM Courts and Tribunals Service)
- Daniel Flury (Operations Director at HM Courts and Tribunals Service)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday
19 December 2024
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
HS2: Update following Northern leg cancellation - Oral evidence
19 December 2024
10:00am
- Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB (Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport)
- Alan Over (Director General, Major Rail Projects Group, Senior Responsible Owner for High Speed 2 Programme at Department for Transport)
- Mark Wild (Chief Executive Officer at HS2 Ltd)
- Alan Foster (Chief Financial Officer and Interim CEO at HS2 Ltd)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday
16 December 2024
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Tax evasion in the retail sector - Oral evidence
16 December 2024
3:30pm
- Sir Jim Harra (First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive at HMRC)
- Penny Ciniewicz (Director General Customer Compliance Group at HMRC)
- Dean Beale (Chief Executive at The Insolvency Service)
- Louise Smyth (Chief Executive and Registrar of Companies at Companies House)
Room 8, Palace of Westminster
Thursday
12 December 2024
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
Carbon Capture, Usage and Storage - Oral evidence
12 December 2024
10:00am
- Jeremy Pocklington CB (Permanent Secretary at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
- Ashley Ibbett (Director General, Energy Infrastructure at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
- Paro Konar (Director for Hydrogen and Industrial Carbon Capture at Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
- Steve Field (Director Climate, Energy & Environment at HM Treasury)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday
9 December 2024
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Asylum accommodation: Home Office acquisition of former HMP Northeye - Oral evidence
9 December 2024
3:30pm
- Sir Matthew Rycroft KCMG CBE (Permanent Secretary at Home Office)
- Joanna Rowland (Director General, Customer Services Group at Home Office)
- Belinda Mather (Director for Non-Detained Accommodation at Home Office)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday
5 December 2024
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
DWP Customer Service and Accounts 2023-24 - Oral evidence
5 December 2024
10:00am
- Sir Peter Schofield KCB (Permanent Secretary at Department for Work & Pensions)
- Neil Couling CB CBE (Fraud, Disability and Health Director General and Senior Responsible Owner, Universal Credit at Department for Work & Pensions)
- Amanda Reynolds (Director General Strategy and Transformation at Department for Work & Pensions)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday
2 December 2024
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
Tackling homelessness - Oral evidence
2 December 2024
3:30pm
- Sarah Healey CB CVO (Permanent Secretary at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
- Catherine Frances (Director General for Local Government, Resilience and Communities at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
- Penny Hobman (Director for Homelessness and Rough Sleeping at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government)
- James Wolfe (Director for Poverty, Families and Disadvantage at Department for Work & Pensions)
- Jenan Hasan (Director of Housing and Universal Credit at Department for Work & Pensions)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Thursday
28 November 2024
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
HMRC Customer Service and Accounts 2023-24 - Oral evidence
28 November 2024
10:00am
- Sir Jim Harra (First Permanent Secretary and Chief Executive at HMRC)
- Myrtle Lloyd (Director General Customer Services at HMRC)
- Justin Holliday (Chief Financial Officer and Tax Assurance Commissioner at HMRC)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Monday
25 November 2024
3:00pm
Private
3:30pm
Public
NHS financial sustainability - Oral evidence
25 November 2024
3:30pm
- Sir Chris Wormald KCB (Permanent Secretary at Department for Health and Social Care)
- Andy Brittain (Director General for Finance at Department for Health and Social Care)
- Amanda Pritchard (Chief Executive at NHS England)
- Julian Kelly (Chief Financial Officer at NHS England)
- Antonia Williams (Director of Public Services at HM Treasury)
The Boothroyd Room, Portcullis House
Thursday
21 November 2024
9:30am
Private
10:00am
Public
Condition and maintenance of Local Roads in England - Oral evidence
21 November 2024
10:00am
- Dame Bernadette Kelly DCB (Permanent Secretary at Department for Transport)
- Dave Buttery (Director of Roads Strategy at Department for Transport)
- Rupert Furness (Deputy Director, Local Highways and Active Travel at Department for Transport)
The Grimond Room, Portcullis House