Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Government compensation schemes: update

Status: Open Opened: 10 Jul 2025

When public bodies’ failures harm UK citizens, they should expect to be fairly and swiftly compensated. Failings in such schemes were identified in the PAC’s previous reports on the Windrush Compensation Scheme , Equitable Life and the British Steel Pension Scheme . In January 2024, the National Audit Office (NAO) agreed to the then-PAC Chair’s …

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
4 Jun 2026 Carl Cresswell · Department for Business and Trade, Cat Little CB · Cabinet Office, David Foley · Infected Blood Compensation Authority, Gareth Davies CB · Department for Business and Trade, Jeremy Pocklington CB · Ministry of Defence View ↗
1 Jun 2026 Kate Burt · The Haemophilia Society, Peter Gibson · Fighting with Pride, Professor Sir John Montgomery · University College London (UCL), Rev Clive Foster MBE · The Windrush Commissioner, Shalia Pal · Kings College London, Legal Clinic, Sir Alan Bates · Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance View ↗