Fortieth Report - COVID employment support schemes
Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee
HC 810
8 March 2023
Government response
Treasury minutes: Government response to the Committee of Public Accounts on the Fortieth report from Session 2022-23 · published 30 May 2023
Recommendations & Conclusions
3 results
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Recommendation
Not Addressed
The Departments have yet to fully capture the lessons that must be learnt from the...
Recommendation
The Departments have yet to fully capture the lessons that must be learnt from the employment support schemes to inform future large-scale government financial interventions. We have stressed throughout our work examining the COVID-19 pandemic the vital importance of government …
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Government Response Summary
The government response is completely unrelated to the recommendation, and instead discusses DVLA driving license backlogs.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
We also asked the Departments whether the evaluations would cover the schemes’ effects on groups...
Conclusion
We also asked the Departments whether the evaluations would cover the schemes’ effects on groups who were not eligible and groups that were supported, including those on furlough who took a second job.10 The Departments committed to looking at whether …
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Government Response Summary
The government response is completely unrelated to the conclusion, and instead discusses cancer waiting times and NHS funding.
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Conclusion
Not Addressed
In July 2022, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) estimated that £4.5 billion had been paid...
Conclusion
In July 2022, HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) estimated that £4.5 billion had been paid to claimants as a result of error and fraud within the two schemes. It told us that this remained its best estimate of the extent …
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Government Response Summary
The government response merely repeats the committee's observation that the schemes’ costs included an estimated £4.5 billion of error and fraud.
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