COVID-19 cost tracker update

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 30 Apr 2021 Closed: 17 Nov 2021 Parliament page
The National Audit Office supports Parliament, and the Public Accounts Committee in particular, in our scrutiny of public spending and service delivery. During the pandemic the NAO has been tracking the cumulative costs of COVID-19 across Government , providing timely accounting information. The Committee will question senior officials at HM … Read more
6 Recommendations
18 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 5 events
31 Jan
2022
Correspondence
18 Nov
2021
Correspondence
17 Nov
2021
Report published
25 Jul
2021
Report published
27 May
2021
Oral evidence
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
27 May 2021
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COVID-19 cost tracker update
Cat Little · Cabinet Office Conrad Smewing · HM Treasury Sir Tom Scholar · HM Treasury
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Twelfth Report - COVID 19: Cost Tracker Update HC 173 25 Jul 2021 24 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
13 Conclusion Acknowledged
Twelfth Report - COVID 19: Cost Tr…
HM Treasury reiterated what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury set out in his letter...
HM Treasury reiterated what the Chief Secretary to the Treasury set out in his letter of 1 April 2021 to the Chair of the Treasury Committee: that the COVID-19 pandemic is a national health emergency that has required a response … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledged the conclusion, reiterating that the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated an unprecedented, flexible spending control framework, with decisions made amidst high uncertainty while still adhering to Managing Public Money standards.
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14 Conclusion Acknowledged
Twelfth Report - COVID 19: Cost Tr…
HM Treasury used the example of vaccines development to explain how government took on necessary...
HM Treasury used the example of vaccines development to explain how government took on necessary risk, in this case to develop vaccines much more quickly than would usually have been the case. The rapid development of a vaccine was central … Read more
Government Response
The government acknowledges the unprecedented nature of the pandemic response and HM Treasury's flexible approach, noting it is considering lessons learned for future crises and awaits conclusions from NAO studies on COVID-19 spending.
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Government Response AI assessment · 24 of 6 classified
Accepted 21
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 2
Total 6 recs + 18 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
31 Jan 2022 Correspondence from Sir Tom Scholar, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, re Covid-19 – Lessons Learned, dated 10 December 2021
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18 Nov 2021 Correspondence from Tom Scholar, Permanent Secretary, HM Treasury, re Treasury Minute: Covid-19 Cost Tracker Update, 11 November 2021
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