Committees

Public Accounts Commission

Commons Other Committee

The role of the Public Accounts Commission is defined by the National Audit Act 1983 and the Budget Responsibility and National Audit Act 2011. The Commission’s principal duties under the Acts are to examine the National Audit Office Estimate and lay it before the House, to consider reports from the appointed auditor of the National Audit Office and to appoint non-executive members of the National Audit Office Board.

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Reports, special reports and government responses

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Twenty-eighth Report: Work of the Commission in 2022
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HC 1212
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Twenty-seventh Report: Work of the Commission in 2021
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HC 1167
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Twenty-sixth Report: Work of the Commission in 2020
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HC 510
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Oral evidence transcripts

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8 March 2023
Work National Audit Office Strategy and Main Estimate 2023-24 (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Gareth Davies (Comptroller and Auditor General at National Audit Office), Daniel Lambauer (Executive Director, Strategy and Resources at National Audit Office), and Dame Fiona Reynolds (Chair at National Audit Office)
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10 January 2023
Work Appointment of National Audit Office Board Member 2022 (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Dame Fiona Reynolds (Chair at National Audit Office), and Alistair Conner (Candidate for appointment to the NAO Board at National Audit Office)
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6 December 2022
Work National Audit Office Audit Quality 2021-22 (Non-inquiry session)
Witnesses Gareth Davies (Comptroller and Auditor General at National Audit Office), Elaine Lewis (Executive Director at National Audit Office), Kate Mathers (Executive Director at National Audit Office), and Janet Eilbeck (Independent chair at National Audit Office Audit Quality Control Board)
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Written evidence

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National Audit Office (TPAC0001)
Work National Audit Office Strategy 2020-21 - 2024-25 (Non-inquiry session)
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Correspondence
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49 published
Minutes and decisions
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25 published
Agendas and papers
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1 published
Formal Minutes
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3 published
Estimate memoranda
Explanatory memoranda that accompany Government Estimates.
22 published
Older evidence
Written evidence and oral evidence transcripts transferred from our archive website.
28 published
Other documents
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110 published

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