Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixtieth report from Session 2024-26

This is the government's response, published 1 April 2026.

Summary written by Accountability Index from the government's response. It is not the government's own words.

The government agrees with four of the Committee's five areas of recommendation and disagrees with the recommendation to publish regular jobcentre-level performance data.

• On integrating skills into the Jobs and Careers Service, the government agrees, naming "a key milestone" as bringing the National Careers Service together with Jobcentre Plus from 1 October 2026, with an update due in Spring 2026.
• On the shorter first work coach meeting, the government agrees and says it "will be undertaking a qualitative research project" to gather claimant insight, including feedback on the length and content of the meeting.
• The government disagrees with publishing jobcentre-level data, saying its view "remains that the right level to monitor performance is at a district and local authority level", and points to its quarterly Labour Market Insights publication.
• On PIP claim times, the government agrees and says it "will however write to the Committee to provide the information available as requested, by the end of March 2026".

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