Committee news
Government IT: dysfunctional, damaging and sometimes dangerous
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on challenges in implementing digital change
10 December 2021
National Law Enforcement Database: 5 years on, Home Office “has not delivered any expected services to the police”
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the National Law Enforcement Data Programme
8 December 2021
Cost-shunting, over-promise and under-delivering, waste, lack of skills, focus on process not outcomes: Government needs to “get efficiency done”
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on efficiency in government
3 December 2021
PAC report: Green Homes Grant scheme “underperformed badly”
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the green homes grant voucher scheme
1 December 2021
British Business Bank’s due diligence on Greensill Capital “woefully inadequate”
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on lessons from Greensill Capital
20 November 2021
DWP has “lost grip” on fraud and mistakes in benefit system
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the Department for Work and Pensions’ Accounts 2020–21 – Fraud and error in the benefits system
17 November 2021
MoD defence equipment systems “broken and repeatedly wasting billions of taxpayers’ money”
Public Accounts Committee report says Ministry “continually fails to learn from its mistakes”
3 November 2021
£150 million funding gap and no certainty when - or what - services will run on Crossrail
Public Accounts Committee publishes update on progress of Crossrail
29 October 2021
“Muddled, overstated, eye-wateringly expensive”: PAC damning on Test & Trace that has “failed on main objectives”
Public Accounts Committee publishes update on NHS Test and Trace
27 October 2021
Deprived local areas and schools ‘hit hardest’ by DfE’s school funding changes
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on school funding
22 October 2021
MoD estate management failures “continue to harm the well-being of service personnel” as well as UK military capabilities
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on progress of defence estate disposals
12 October 2021
UK product safety weaknesses “not fit for challenges” of protecting consumers
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on protecting consumers from unsafe products
30 September 2021
Opaque, unaccountable public appointments to quangos risk their reputations and ability to deliver
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on Government’s delivery through arm’s-length bodies
24 September 2021
“No clear end in sight” to HS2 cost or delays with “many difficulties ahead”
High Speed 2 “literally running out of time” for decisions on key elements says Public Accounts Committee report on HS2
22 September 2021
Government must move to ensure regulators keep pace with post-EU, technological and social changes
Public Accounts Committee highlights challenges for the UK’s regulatory regimes in report on Principles of effective regulation
15 September 2021
DWP unable to explain “shocking inequality” as unemployment among young black people surges to 41.6% in pandemic
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on DWP employment support
8 September 2021
Home Office “failing Windrush generation again” in compensation scheme
Public Accounts Committee publishes report on the Windrush Compensation Scheme
27 July 2021
Pandemic lessons “cannot wait for Government inquiry” with massive taxpayer exposure & “unacceptably high waste”
Public Accounts Committee publishes two reports
25 July 2021
System of local government audit close to “breaking point”
System of local government audit covering £100 billion of public spending a year close to “breaking point” says PAC
14 July 2021
Government must not duck tough choices for future of rail says spending watchdog
Public Accounts Committee publishes overview of the English rail system
7 July 2021