Public Accounts Committee
Commons select committee, since 1 November 1978. Its page on the Parliament website.
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.
Inquiries
- Whole of Government Accounts 2024-25 (14 September 2026)
- The Crown Estate and associated properties: governance and management (3 July 2026)
- Electronic Monitoring: follow-up (3 July 2026)
- DWP follow-up: Autumn 2026 (3 July 2026)
- Boosting construction skills (3 July 2026)
- BBC efficiency and transformation programme (3 July 2026)
- Integrated Care Boards: re-organisation (3 July 2026)
- HMRC's tax debt reduction efforts (3 July 2026)
- Reducing radicalisation: The Prevent programme (3 July 2026)
- Clean Power by 2030: Upgrading the grid (3 July 2026)
- Resilience of the UK's food supply to disruptions (3 July 2026)
- NHS Accident and Emergency departments (3 July 2026)
- Devolving power in England (3 July 2026)
- Delivering HS2 and Euston (18 May 2026)
- HMRC’s anti-fraud intervention on child benefit (24 April 2026)
- Armed forces housing and Annington Homes (24 April 2026)
- Digital ID (24 April 2026)
- Regulation of water, energy and broadband (24 April 2026)
- Financial sustainability of the British Council (24 April 2026)
- Sizewell C (20 March 2026)
- Investment in research infrastructure (20 March 2026)
- Shared services (20 March 2026)
- Government's intervention in British Steel (20 March 2026)
- Northern Powerhouse Rail (20 March 2026)
- Ministry of Defence Annual Report and Accounts 2024-25 (6 February 2026)
- NAO Main Estimates 2026-27 (14 January 2026)
- Work of Ofwat (19 December 2025)
- The Work of the COVID Counter-Fraud Commissioner (12 December 2025)
- Restoration and Renewal of Parliament: Costing and governance (12 December 2025)
- Affordability of the Defence Investment Plan (12 December 2025)
- Financial resilience of government-sponsored museums and galleries (12 December 2025)
- Large business tax compliance (12 December 2025)
- Unlocking land for housing (12 December 2025)
- The Access to Work scheme (12 December 2025)
- The MoD’s tackling of economic crime and misconduct (12 December 2025)
- NAO financial audit insights 2024-25 (12 December 2025)
- Regulating for growth (12 December 2025)
- New Hospital Programme update (12 December 2025)
- Environmental regulation (12 December 2025)
- The Bank of England’s Real-Time Gross Settlement Renewal Programme (12 December 2025)
- Supporting people with frailty outside hospitals (12 December 2025)
- An analysis of the asylum system (12 December 2025)
- Government use of data analytics on error and fraud (17 November 2025)
- Afghanistan Response Route (ARR) (13 October 2025)
- DWP follow-up: Autumn 2025 (11 September 2025)
- BBC World Service 2024-25 (30 July 2025)
- Whole of Government Accounts 2023-24 (11 July 2025)
- Ministry of Justice follow-up: Autumn 2025 (10 July 2025)
- Increasing police productivity (10 July 2025)
- Home-to-school transport (10 July 2025)
- NS&I’s transformation programme (10 July 2025)
- Financial sustainability of adult hospices in England (10 July 2025)
- Efficiency and resilience of the Probation Service (10 July 2025)
- Costs of clinical negligence (10 July 2025)
- Financial sustainability of children’s care homes (10 July 2025)
- The UK’s F-35 stealth fighter capability (10 July 2025)
- Tackling fraud and error in benefit expenditure 2024-25 (10 July 2025)
- BBC Accounts and Trust Statement 2024-25 (10 July 2025)
- Faulty energy efficiency installations (10 July 2025)
- Government compensation schemes: update (10 July 2025)
Organisations it has heard from most
- HM Treasury (25)
- Cabinet Office (22)
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (14)
- Home Office (14)
- Department of Health and Social Care (13)
- NHS England (13)
- Department for Education (11)
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (11)
- Ministry of Defence (11)
- Department for Work and Pensions (10)
- Ministry of Justice (10)
- Department for Transport (9)
- HMRC (8)
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (8)
- Department for Health and Social Care (7)