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Twenty-Eighth Report - Improving the Accounting Officer Assessment process
Public Accounts Committee
HC 43
Published 30 November 2022
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Twenty eighth report from Session 2022-23 · published 24 Feb 2023
Recommendations & Conclusions
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
The quality of published summary AO assessments varied.20 For example, departments generally provided basic information...
Conclusion
The quality of published summary AO assessments varied.20 For example, departments generally provided basic information such as background on the programme. But they did not provide more detailed information to help a layperson understand, for example, a programme’s aims. And …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the committee's recommendation and outlines existing measures such as the senior finance function sign-off, treasury spending teams engagement, Government Finance Academy training, Finance Directors forum, and Accounting Officer Responsibilities Round table to support AO assessments.
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Conclusion
Acknowledged
The lack of summary AO assessments being published remains a real concern.31 HM Treasury said...
Conclusion
The lack of summary AO assessments being published remains a real concern.31 HM Treasury said that there can be practical reasons why summary AO assessments take longer to publish – for example, because the department concerned is in the middle …
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Government Response Summary
The government acknowledges the committee's recommendation and outlines existing measures such as the senior finance function sign-off, treasury spending teams engagement, Government Finance Academy training, Finance Directors forum, and Accounting Officer Responsibilities Round table to support AO assessments.
HM Treasury
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