Ninth Report - Whole of Government Accounts 2020–21

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 65 26 January 2024
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 32 items (4 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 31 of 32 classified)
Accepted 22
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 7
Deferred 1
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Ninth report from Session 2023-24 · published 2 Apr 2024
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Recommendations & Conclusions

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26 Conclusion Deferred
Pandemic response exposed taxpayers to substantial fraud and error risks, some still undetected.
Conclusion
Government’s response to the pandemic has exposed the taxpayer to substantial financial risks from fraud and error. Government is likely to better understand the incidence of fraudulent receipt of COVID-19 funds over the medium-term as fraud estimates crystallise.44 The Committee … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees to continue tracking COVID-related costs, stating it will set out further details on its approach after the HMT Covid Cost Tracker is published in summer 2024, to determine how best to track live spending areas.
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