71st Report - Government’s use of external consultants

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 1521 11 March 2026
Report Status Response overdue
Conclusions & Recommendations 23 items (4 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 5 of 23 classified)
Accepted 3
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 1
Clear

Recommendations

1 results
5 Deferred
The soon to be released strategic workforce plan has the potential to be a welcome...
Recommendation
The soon to be released strategic workforce plan has the potential to be a welcome step to support better use of consultants. The Cabinet Office told us that all departments are complying with requests to update their strategic workforce plans, … Read more
Government Response Summary
The Cabinet Office intends to publish the Civil Service Strategic Workforce Plan as soon as possible, once the further work on technology and AI has been completed to inform it.
HM Treasury
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