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Whole of Government Accounts 2020-21

Inquiry

The Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) consolidates the accounts of over 10,000 public organisations, including central government departments, local authorities, devolved administrations, the NHS, academy schools and public corporations, to provide the most complete and accurate picture of the UK’s public finances.

The 2020-21 WGA provides the most comprehensive view of the public finances after the first year of the pandemic response.

The WGA is independently audited by the National Audit Office and scrutinised by the Public Accounts Committee. Based on the NAO’s findings, the Committee will question senior Treasury officials on subjects relating to the 2020-21 WGA including:

  • the impact to the public finances from the COVID-19 pandemic
  • the impact of any delays to and missing data from the WGA
  • progress on implementing recommendations from the Committee’s 2019-20 WGA report

If you have evidence on these issues please submit it here by 23:59 on Friday 27 October 2023. 

Please look at the requirements for written evidence submissions and note that the Committee cannot accept material as evidence that is published elsewhere.

This inquiry is no longer accepting evidence

The deadline for submissions was Friday 27 October 2023.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Ninth Report - Whole of Government Accounts 2020–21
Inquiry Whole of Government Accounts 2020-21
HC 65
Report
Response to this report
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Ninth report from Session 2023-24
HC 65
Government Response
Correspondence from Conrad Smewing, Director General Public Spending, re Follow up to the Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) 2020-21 PAC Hearing, dated 3 December 2023
Inquiry Whole of Government Accounts 2020-21
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

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9 November 2023
Inquiry Whole of Government Accounts 2020-21
Witnesses HM Treasury, HM Treasury, and HM Treasury
Oral Evidence
Professor David Heald (Emeritus Professor at Adam Smith Business School, University of Glasgow) (WGA0001)
ICAEW: The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (WGA0002)
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (WGA0003)

Contact us

  • Email: pubaccom@parliament.uk
  • Phone: 020 7219 8480 (media enquiries)
  • Address: Public Accounts Committee, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA