Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 15
77th Report - Accountability in small government bodies
Published 24 Apr 2026
Addressed to HM Treasury
Public Accounts Committee Accountability in small government bodies All items in this report Report on parliament.uk ↗ Inquiry on parliament.uk ↗
Recommendation (the committee's words)
The Cabinet Office told us that, in the light of feedback from government bodies, it has asked the government functions to provide more guidance on how to apply the standards proportionately.33 The functions are currently revising standards and guidance in the light of Project Reset, which plans to transfer more responsibility for enforcing spending controls from the functions to departments. The Cabinet Office told us that these revisions will consider the perspective of small organisations.34 27 Q 7 28 Local Government Boundary Commission for England (SGB0003) 29 C&AG’s Report, para. 13 30 Q 30 31 Q 30 32 Electoral Commission (SGB0005) 33 Q 67 34 Q 90 10 3 Support for small bodies Support from sponsor departments and the centre of government
From: Public Accounts Committee, 77th Report - Accountability in small government bodies (HC 887), 24 April 2026
Government response
The government responded to the whole report on 4 August 2026 (deadline 24 June 2026).