Committee news

Chair nominations for Public Accounts Committee
Nominations close at 3pm on Friday 7 July
22 June 2017

General Election 2017 - Public Accounts Committee
Following the Dissolution of Parliament on 3 May 2017, all select committees have ceased to exist
3 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee membership at the end of Parliament 2015-17
View the membership of the Committee at the end of 2015-17 Parliament
3 May 2017

Committee Chair Meg Hillier MP publishes Second Annual Report
Chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Meg Hillier MP, publishes her Second Annual Report
2 May 2017

Chair thanks Members as Committee concludes work for 2015–17
Public Accounts Committee concludes its work of the 2015 Parliament
28 April 2017

Chair's statement on cancer drug fund study
Public Accounts Committee Chair comments on study published in the Annals of Oncology
28 April 2017

Problems of homelessness and affordability likely to persist for years
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the number of homes being built in England
28 April 2017

Questions over financial savings and impact of HMRC restructure
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on HMRC's ten year restructuring plan
28 April 2017

Urgent action needed on gap in Government's decarbonisation plans
Public Accounts Committee report Carbon Capture and Storage projects
28 April 2017

Too long taken to address performance of ambulance services
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the performance of ambulances services in England
27 April 2017

Concerns persist over patients' access to GPs and staffing levels
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on patients' experience accessing general practice medicine
27 April 2017

Better Care Fund 'little more than ruse' to paper over funding pressures
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on Better Care Fund failing to achieve targets
27 April 2017

Money must follow patients to pay for support in the community
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on local support for people with a learning disability
26 April 2017

BBC and Capita must improve performance on licence fee enforcement
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on collection of BBC licence fee
26 April 2017

DfE must use schools funding in more coherent and cost-effective way
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the capital funding of schools
26 April 2017

MoD has little flexibility to deal with changing military priorities
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the MoD's 10-year equipment and support plan
25 April 2017

More work required to combat fraud in Government's overseas spending
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on levels of fraud in overseas spending
25 April 2017

CDC must control costs as it faces new investment challenges
Public Accounts Committee report on the CDC, formally know as the Commonwealth Development Corporation
25 April 2017

Public safety threatened by possible break in emergency communications
Public Accounts Committee report on plans to upgrade emergency service communication
21 April 2017

Government must learn from catastrophic failure of tax credits contract
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on HMRC's contract with Concentrix
6 April 2017