Select committee: Public Accounts Committee

Conclusion 1

Twenty-Fifth Report - Scrutiny of sound financial practice across Government Published 15 Apr 2024 Paragraph 1 Addressed to HM Treasury
Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has accrued a number of poorly codified procedures to address cases where the sensitivity of information related to Government expenditure is neither within the remit of the statutory Intelligence and Security Committee nor suited to conventional committee practice.

From: Public Accounts Committee, Twenty-Fifth Report - Scrutiny of sound financial practice across Government (HC 673), paragraph 1, 15 April 2024

Government response

The government responded to the whole report on 11 July 2025.

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