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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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Thirty-Fourth Report - Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership
Inquiry Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership
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Twenty-Fourth Report - NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement
Inquiry NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement
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HC 453
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Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty-fourth report from Session 2023-24
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Twenty-Third Report - Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management
Inquiry Civil service workforce: Recruitment, pay and performance management
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HC 452
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Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty-third report from Session 2023-24
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HC 452
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, to Susan Acland-Hood, Permanent Secretary, Department for Education, re Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England, dated 24 May 2024
Inquiry Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England
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Letter from Professor Dame Jennifer Harries DBE DL, CEO, UK Health Security Agency, re PAC hearing on UKHSA's health security campus programme, dated 24 May 2024
Inquiry Investigation into UKHSA Health Security Campus
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Correspondence from Dame Meg Hillier MP, Chair, Public Accounts Committee, to Shona Dunn CB, Second Permanent Secretary, Department of Health and Social Care, and Professor Dame Jenny Harries DBE, Chief Executive Officer, UK Health Security Agency, re UKHSA health security campus, dated 24 May 2024
Inquiry Investigation into UKHSA Health Security Campus
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Oral evidence transcripts

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13 May 2024
Inquiry Investigation into UKHSA Health Security Campus
Witnesses UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), Department of Health and Social Care, and UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
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8 May 2024
Inquiry Preparations to extend childcare entitlements for working parents in England
Witnesses Department for Education, Department for Education, and Department for Education
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Oral Evidence
15 May 2024
Inquiry Whole of Government Accounts 2021-22
Witnesses HM Treasury, HM Treasury, and HM Treasury
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Written evidence

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Apolitical (AIG0016)
Inquiry Use of artificial intelligence in government
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Connected by Data (AIG0017)
Inquiry Use of artificial intelligence in government
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Dr Sam Power (Seniore Lecturer in Politics at University of Sussex), and Professor Katharine Dommett (Professor of Digital Politics at University of Sheffield) (AIG0018)
Inquiry Use of artificial intelligence in government
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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 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Public Accounts Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA