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Recommendation 1

1 Not Addressed

On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...

Conclusion
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), the Department of Health and Social Care (the Department), NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE&I), Public Health England (PHE) and the former Chair of the Vaccine Taskforce, on the government’s preparations for potential COVID-19 vaccines.2 The evidence session took place on the 11 January, our report is based on the evidence that we took at the time.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government response refers to an unrelated PAC conclusion about BEIS's expenditure, completely failing to address the committee's introductory statement about the basis of its report.
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Government Response Not Addressed
HM Government · verbatim extract Not Addressed
2. PAC conclusion: The Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy breached its Resource Annually Managed Expenditure total by £4.9 billion.
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