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Government services: Identifying costs and generating income

Status: Open Opened: 6 May 2025 29 recommendations 17 conclusions 2 reports

The Committee (PAC) is holding an inquiry to look at government’s management of fees and charges to recover the costs of providing services and how government is identifying costs to sustainably improve productivity. Improved productivity is key to the government’s aims to improve the affordability of public services. Government’s roadmap for digital and data 2022-25 …

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Reports

2 reports
Title HC No. Published Items Response
58th Report - Government services: Identifying costs HC 1421 12 Dec 2025 21 Responded
57th Report - Government services: Generating income HC 890 10 Dec 2025 25 Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
21 Recommendation 58th Report - Government services: Iden… Deferred

Establish clear milestones and prioritise efforts to address government's long-standing legacy and data issues.

Progress must be focused and purposeful. We accept that trying to solve everything at once risks losing momentum, and that having a roadmap is helpful. Nevertheless, prioritisation and having clear milestones to aim for are key to avoiding drift in addressing government’s 45 Qq 132, 144 46 Q 133 47 …

Government response. DSIT will publish a strategic data roadmap for public sector data in Spring 2026 and Government Digital Service will set out a long-term plan for how public data should be managed. Further action to attract, retain, and develop digital and …
HM Treasury

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
20 Oct 2025 Andrew Cartner · HM Treasury, Bonnie Wang · DSIT, Cat Little CB · Cabinet Office, Conrad Smewing · HM Treasury View ↗
16 Oct 2025 Farhad Chikhalia · Ministry of Justice, James Bowler CB · HM Treasury, Matthew Taylor · HM Treasury, Nick Donlevy · HM Treasury, Tim Moss CBE · Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency View ↗

Correspondence

9 letters
DateDirectionTitle
27 Apr 2026 From cttee Letter to the Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury relating to Treasure Minute re…
27 Apr 2026 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary to the Department of Science, Innovation an…
27 Apr 2026 From cttee Letter to the Permanent Secretary to HM Treasury relating to Treasury Minute re…
12 Mar 2026 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Science, Innovation a…
1 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at HM Treasury relating to the Committee’s …
1 Dec 2025 To cttee Letter from the Chief Executive of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency rela…
13 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Cabinet Office to the Chair relating…
13 Nov 2025 To cttee Letter from the Director for Digital Strategy and Assurance of the Department f…
3 Nov 2025 From cttee Letter to the Chair relating to Committee hearing: Identifying costs and genera…