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

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 253 10 June 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 33 items (20 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 28 of 33 classified)
Accepted 20
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 1
Not Addressed 5
Clear

Recommendations

1 results
31 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.
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