Committee news
Comment: Storm Bert – flood resilience
PAC Chair Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown reacts to the widespread flooding following Storm Bert
27 November 2024
Public Accounts Committee lays out direction of travel with 18 new inquiries
All Government Departments urged by Chair to routinely consider diversity of witnesses
31 October 2024
Public Accounts Committee membership
The House of Commons has formally appointed the membership of the Public Accounts Committee
29 October 2024
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown elected Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP elected Chair of the Public Accounts Committee
11 September 2024
Nominations open for Public Accounts Committee Chair
Nominations open for Public Accounts Committee Chair
5 September 2024
General Election 2024 - Select Committees
Following the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024, all select committees have ceased to exist.
30 May 2024
Asylum accommodation and Rwanda: Little to show for money spent so far, PAC report finds
Public Accounts Committee publishes report scrutinising asylum accommodation and the UK-Rwanda Partnership
29 May 2024
40,000 extra staff and 84,500 more places needed by 2025 to meet childcare entitlements in England, PAC warns
28 May 2024
UK mobile connectivity: Pace required to hit Government targets likely unsustainable, PAC report warns
Public Accounts Committee publishes report scrutinising mobile connectivity
28 May 2024
UKHSA health security campus: Costs rise by 500% as project at least 15 years behind schedule, PAC warns
Public Accounts Committee publishes correspondence to the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) following its inquiry into the UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) Health Security Campus
27 May 2024
Rail reform: No-one in Government putting needs of passengers and taxpayers first, PAC reports
Public Accounts Committee publishes report scrutinising the Government’s programme of rail reform
27 May 2024
Decarbonising home heating: Unconvincing progress on Government targets, PAC report finds
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the decarbonisation of home heating
26 May 2024
Whistleblowing: PAC calls for civil service cultural change to create ‘speak up’ environment
Public Accounts Committee publishes report scrutinising whistleblowing in the civil service
25 May 2024
Unprecedented increase in missing data reduces utility of Whole of Government Accounts, PAC finds
Unprecedented increase in missing data reduces utility of Whole of Government Accounts, PAC finds
24 May 2024
Legal Aid: Govt lacks understanding of costs and benefits of reforms, PAC warns
Legal Aid: Govt lacks understanding of costs and benefits of reforms, PAC warns
24 May 2024
Universal Credit: Chairs of Public Accounts and Work & Pensions Committees call for statement from Employment Minister
The PAC and WPC Committees call on the Government to provide better information on the decision to bring forward the date for migrating Employment and Support Allowance claimants to Universal Credit
20 May 2024
UK lacks skills and capacity to deliver major infrastructure, PAC warns
Public Accounts Committee report: Skills shortages worsened by global competition as lack of robust evaluation of projects risks value for taxpayers' money
15 May 2024
UK Health Security Agency’s financial controls remain unacceptably weak
Public Accounts Committee: . It is unacceptable that UKHSA’s fundamental weakness in its basic financial reporting continues to result in its accounts being disclaimed for the second consecutive year
10 May 2024
Government non-executive director appointments not efficient, transparent or fair, PAC warns
Public Accounts Committee report: The Cabinet Office does not yet have the data it needs to oversee the appointments process effectively
8 May 2024
Universal Credit: PAC raises alarm over risk of vulnerable claimants losing benefits
Public Accounts Committee report: Many vulnerable people risk falling into financial hardship if proportion of legacy benefit claimants not switching to Universal Credit remains at current level
26 April 2024