Select committee: Public Accounts Committee
Conclusion 17
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 ↗
Conclusion (the committee's words)
Small bodies rely on support from the Cabinet Office, HM Treasury, and other central government bodies to comply with requirements. It can be hard for small bodies to access this support.38 For instance, the Government Property Agency provides data that the small bodies leasing its office space use to report their performance against the required government sustainability targets. The Government Actuary’s Department told us that the Government Property Agency has at times been difficult to engage with, and that it has had to invest considerable time to bring that relationship to the level it would like.39
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).