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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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Reports, special reports and government responses

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21st Report - Fixing NHS Dentistry
Inquiry Fixing NHS Dentistry
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HC 648
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20th Report - DCMS management of COVID-19 loans
Inquiry DCMS management of COVID-19 loans
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HC 364
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19th Report - Energy Bills Support
Inquiry Energy Bills Support
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HC 511
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Correspondence

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Letter from the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority relating to Public Accounts Committee’s visit to Sellafield, March 17
Inquiry Decommissioning Sellafield
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Letter from the Chief People Officer HMRC relating to HMRC estates and locations programme, March 31
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Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Department of Business and Trade relating to Committee’s Excess votes 2023-24 report, Session 2024-25, March 28
Inquiry Excess votes 2023-24
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Oral evidence transcripts

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7 April 2025
Inquiry Work of the Department for Business and Trade
Witnesses Gareth Davies (Permanent Secretary at Department for Business and Trade), David Bickerton (DBT's Chief Strategic Business Adviser at Department for Business and Trade), Sean Jones (Director Companies and Economic Security at HM Treasury), and Jaee Samant CBE (Director General, Business Group at Department for Business and Trade)
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Oral Evidence
3 April 2025
Inquiry Local Government Financial Sustainability
Witnesses Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and HM Treasury
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27 March 2025
Inquiry Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the risks
Witnesses Dr David Partridge (Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and President at British Infection Association), and The Lord O'Neill of Gatley (Author of the Review on Antimicrobial Resistance)
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Written evidence

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Capital Letters (LGFS0016)
Inquiry Local Government Financial Sustainability
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Cornwall Council (LGFS0017)
Inquiry Local Government Financial Sustainability
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Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) (LGFS0019)
Inquiry Local Government Financial Sustainability
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Other publications

Government Responses
The Government has undertaken to respond to most committee reports within two months, although there are exceptions to this rule.
335 published
Formal Minutes
Formal minutes produced for committee meetings.
11 published
Attendance statistics
Statistics for the attendance at committee meetings.
15 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
176 published
Other documents
Other documents connected to the committee's work.
13 published
Pre-2010 publications
Committee documents published online before May 2010.

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  • 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