Select committee: Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

The work of the Cabinet Office

Open Opened 21 Nov 2024

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗

Inquiry scope (the committee's words)

Regular evidence sessions with Cabinet Office Ministers and Senior Officials.

Where it stands

The inquiry is open, opened 21 November 2024.

The committee has not published a report yet.

Evidence

10 oral evidence sessionsLatest 15 June 2026
14 witnesses

All evidence

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Oral evidence sessions

10 sessions

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
15 Jun 2026	Oral evidence session Dame Antonia Romeo DCB · Ministry of Justice	View ↗
3 Mar 2026	Oral evidence session Angela MacDonald · HMRC, Caroline Patterson · Cabinet Office, Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office, David Foley · Infected Blood Compensation Authority, Ellen Atkinson · Cabinet Office	View ↗
10 Feb 2026	Oral evidence session Angela MacDonald · HMRC, Caroline Patterson · Cabinet Office, Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office, David Foley · Infected Blood Compensation Authority	View ↗
28 Jan 2026	Oral evidence session Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office, Hermione Gough · Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP · Cabinet Office	View ↗
16 Dec 2025	Oral evidence session Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Darren Jones MP · Cabinet Office	View ↗
29 Apr 2025	Oral evidence session Caroline Patterson · Cabinet Office, Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office, Mark Bourgeois · Cabinet Office, Sarah Harrison · Cabinet Office	View ↗
25 Feb 2025	Oral evidence session Sir Chris Wormald KCB · Cabinet Office	View ↗
11 Feb 2025	Oral evidence session Darren Tierney · Department for International Trade, Hermione Gough · Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP · Cabinet Office	View ↗
10 Dec 2024	Oral evidence session Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office, Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP · Cabinet Office	View ↗
4 Dec 2024	Oral evidence session Catherine Little CB · Cabinet Office	View ↗

Who gave evidence

14 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Catherine Little CB · Chief Operating Officer for the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office	Cabinet Office	7
Caroline Patterson · Chief Financial Officer	Cabinet Office	3
Angela MacDonald · Deputy Chief Executive and Second Permanent Secretary	HMRC	2
David Foley · Chief Executive	Infected Blood Compensation Authority	2
Hermione Gough · Director, EU Relations	Cabinet Office	2
Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP · Minister for Constitution and European Relations	Cabinet Office	2
Dame Antonia Romeo DCB · Permanent Secretary	Ministry of Justice	1
Darren Tierney · Director General, GTI Policy, Programmes, and UK Regions	Department for International Trade	1
Ellen Atkinson	Cabinet Office	1
Mark Bourgeois · Chief Executive, Government Property Agency	Cabinet Office	1
Rt Hon Darren Jones MP · Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster	Cabinet Office	1
Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP · Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations	Cabinet Office	1
Sarah Harrison · Chief Operating Officer	Cabinet Office	1
Sir Chris Wormald KCB · Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service	Cabinet Office	1

Correspondence

17 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
8 Sep 2026	To committee	Letter from Richard Holroyd, CEO, Capita Public Services providing follow-up information to the oral evidence session on the Civil Service Pension Scheme, dated 22.7.26
8 Sep 2026	To committee	Letter from Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for The Cabinet Office and His Majesty’s Paymaster General and Catherine Little CB, Chief Operating Officer for The Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Cabinet Office providing an early update on Civil Service Pension Scheme Rectification Plan and and the appointment of a Remedial Adviser, dated 17.7.26
8 Sep 2026	To committee	Letter from Catherine Little CB, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary providing follow-up information to the oral evidence session on the Civil Service Pension Scheme, dated 17.7.26
13 Jul 2026	To committee	Letter from Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on the review into the organisation, performance and transformation of the Permanent Civil Service, dated 1.7.26
9 Jun 2026	To committee	Letter from Dame Antonia Romeo DCB, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service on updating the Cabinet Manual, dated 2.6.26
27 Jan 2026	To committee	Letter from Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the proposal for modernising the state, dated 20.1.26
27 Jan 2026	To committee	Letter from Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the follow up written evidence, following the 16.12.25 oral evidence session, dated 15.1.26
6 Jan 2026	To committee	Letter from Cat Little CB, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary and Conrad Smewing, Director General Public Spending HM Treasury on outcome delivery, dated 12.12.25
12 Nov 2025	From committee	Letter to Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office on transparency disclosures and the Lobbying Act, dated 4.11.25
30 Oct 2025	To committee	Letter from Sir Chris Wormald, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the UK Civil Service on the process of the appointment of the former Ambassador to the United States - Lord Mandelson, dated 30.10.25
30 Oct 2025	From committee	Letter to Sir Chris Wormald, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the UK Civil Service on the Cabinet Office vetting of Lord Mandelson, dated 17.10.25
25 Mar 2025	To committee	Letter from Catherine Little CB, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer & Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary on the Cabinet Office’s proposed new strategic outcomes, dated 19.3.25
25 Feb 2025	From committee	Letter to Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, Cabinet Office on outstanding Government responses to Committee reports, dated 11.2.25
25 Feb 2025	To committee	Letter from Georgia Gould OBE MP, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office on the update on Places for Growth commitments, dated 14.1.25
11 Feb 2025	From committee	Letter to Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations on the Spending Review 2025, dated 6.2.25
11 Feb 2025	From committee	Letter to Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations on the Interparliamentary Forum: Spring 2025, dated 27.1.25
21 Jan 2025	To committee	Letter from Catherine Little CB, Civil Service Chief Operating Officer and Cabinet Office Permanent Secretary on an update of multiple areas of Cabinet Office business, dated 10.1.25