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Sixth Report - Department of Health and Social Care 2020–21 Annual Report and Accounts

Public Accounts Committee HC 253 Published 10 June 2022

Report Status

Government responded

Conclusions & Recommendations

33 items (20 recs)

Source

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Government Response

AI assessment · 31 of 33 classified

Accepted 23

Accepted in Part 1

Acknowledged 1

Deferred 1

Not Addressed 5

Government response

Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Sixth report from Session 2022-23 · published 2 Sep 2022

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Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item

31 Recommendation Deferred

To provide proper timely accountability on how public funds have been spent, the administrative deadline...

Recommendation

To provide proper timely accountability on how public funds have been spent, the administrative deadline set by Treasury for Departments to publish their Annual Report and Accounts is 30 June, where possible, and no later than the parliamentary summer recess … Read more

Government Response Summary

The department has a plan to bring forward its accounts preparation process, but will not be able to support pre-recess laying of the ARA for 2022-23 and is working to return to pre-recess laying of the ARA from 2023-24 onwards dependent upon the capacity of the national and local audit markets.

HM Treasury

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