The work of the Committee of Public Accounts 2010-15 - Public Accounts Contents

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament All publications from the Committee are available on the Committee's website at
First Report		Support to incapacity benefits claimants through Pathways to Work	HC 404
Second Report		Delivering Multi-Role Tanker Aircraft Capability	HC 425
Third Report		Tackling inequalities in life expectancy in areas with the worst health and deprivation	HC 470
Fourth Report		Progress with VFM savings and lessons for cost reduction programmes	HC 440
Fifth Report		Increasing Passenger Rail Capacity	HC 471
Sixth Report		Cafcass's response to increased demand for its services	HC 439
Seventh Report		Funding the development of renewable energy technologies	HC 538
Eighth Report		Customer First Programme: Delivery of Student Finance	HC 424
Ninth Report		Financing PFI projects in the credit crisis and the Treasury's response	HC 553
Tenth Report		Managing the defence budget and estate	HC 503
Eleventh Report		Community Care Grant	HC 573
Twelfth Report		Central government's use of consultants and interims	HC 610
Thirteenth Report		Department for International Development's bilateral support to primary education	HC 594
Fourteenth Report		PFI in Housing and Hospitals	HC 631
Fifteenth Report		Educating the next generation of scientists	HC 632
Sixteenth Report		Ministry of Justice Financial Management	HC 574
Seventeenth Report		The Academies Programme	HC 552
Eighteenth Report		HM Revenue and Customs' 2009-10 Accounts	HC 502
Nineteenth Report		M25 Private Finance Contract	HC 651
Twentieth Report		Ofcom: the effectiveness of converged regulation	HC 688
Twenty-First Report		The youth justice system in England and Wales: reducing offending by young people	HC 721
Twenty-second Report		Excess Votes 2009-10	HC 801
Twenty-third Report		The Major Projects Report 2010	HC 687
Twenty-fourth Report		Delivering the Cancer Reform Strategy	HC 667
Twenty-fifth Report		Reducing errors in the benefit system	HC 668
Twenty-sixth Report		Management of NHS hospital productivity	HC 741
Twenty-seventh Report		HM Revenue and Customs: Managing civil tax investigations	HC 765
Twenty-eighth Report		Accountability for Public Money	HC 740
Twenty-ninth Report		The BBC's management of its Digital Media Initiative	HC 808
Thirtieth Report		Management of the Typhoon project	HC 860
Thirty-first Report		HM Treasury: The Asset Protection Scheme	HC 785
Thirty-second Report		Maintaining financial stability of UK banks: update on the support schemes	HC 973
Thirty-third Report		National Health Service Landscape Review	HC 764
Thirty-fourth Report		Immigration: the Points Based System - Work Routes	HC 913
Thirty-fifth Report		The procurement of consumables by National Health Service acute and Foundation Trusts	HC 875
Thirty-seventh Report		Departmental Business Planning	HC 650
Thirty-eighth Report		The impact of the 2007-08 changes to public service pensions	HC 833
Thirty-ninth Report		Department for Transport: The InterCity East Coast Passenger Rail Franchise	HC 1035
Fortieth Report		Information and Communications Technology in government	HC 1050
Forty-first Report		Office of Rail Regulation: Regulating Network Rail's efficiency	HC 1036
Forty-second Report		Getting value for money from the education of 16- to 18-year olds	HC 1116
Forty-third Report		The use of information to manage the defence logistics supply chain	HC 1202
Forty-fourth Report		Lessons from PFI and other projects	HC 1201
Forty-fifth Report		The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an update on the delivery of detailed care records	HC 1070
Forty-sixth report		Transforming NHS ambulance services	HC 1353
Forty-seventh Report		Reducing costs in the Department for Work and Pensions	HC 1351
Forty-eighth Report		Spending reduction in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office	HC 1284
Forty-ninth Report		The Efficiency and Reform Group's role in improving public sector value for money	HC 1352
Fiftieth Report		The failure of the FiReControl project	HC 1397
Fifty-first Report		Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority	HC 1426
Fifty-second Report		DfID Financial Management	HC 1398
Fifty-third Report		Managing high value capital equipment	HC 1469
Fifty-fourth Report		Protecting Consumers - The system for enforcing consumer law	HC 1468
Fifty-fifth Report		Formula funding of local public services	HC 1502
Fifty-sixth Report		Providing the UK's Carrier Strike Capability	HC 1427
Fifty-seventh Report		Oversight of user choice and provider competition is care markets	HC 1530
Fifty-eighth Report		HM Revenue and Customs: PAYE, tax credit debt and cost reduction	HC 1565
Fifth-ninth Report		The cost-effective delivery of an armoured vehicle capability	HC 1444
Sixtieth Report		Achievement of foundation trust status by NHS hospital trusts	HC 1566
Sixty-first Report		HM Revenue and Customs 2010-11 Accounts: tax disputes	HC 1531
Sixty-second Report		Means Testing	HC 1627
Sixty-third Report		Preparations for the roll-out of smart meters	HC 1617
Sixty-fourth Report		Flood Risk Management	HC 1659
Sixty-fifth Report		DfID: Transferring cash and assets to the poor	HC 1695
Sixty-sixth Report		Excess Votes 2010-11	HC 1796
Sixty-seventh Report		Whole of Government Accounts 2009-10	HC 1696
Sixty-eighth Report		Ministry of Defence: The Major Projects Report 2011	HC 1678
Sixty-ninth Report		Rural payments Agency - follow up of previous PAC recommendations	HC 1616
Seventieth Report		Oversight of special education for young people aged 16-25	HC 1636
Seventy-first Report		Reducing costs in the Department for Transport	HC 1760
Seventy-second Report		Services for people with neurological conditions	HC 1759
Seventy-third Report		The BBC's efficiency programme	HC 1658
Seventy-fourth Report		Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games	HC 1716
Seventy-fifth Report		Ministry of Justice Financial Management	HC 1778
Seventy-sixth Report		Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: reducing bureaucracy in further education in England	HC 1803
Seventy-seventh		Reorganising Central Government Bodies	HC 1802
Seventy-eighth Report		The Care Quality Commission: Regulating the quality and safety of health and adult social care	HC 1779
Seventy-ninth Report		Accountability for public money - progress report	HC 1503
Eightieth Report		Cost reduction in central government: summary of progress	HC 1845
Eighty-first Report		Equity investment in privately financed projects	HC 1846
Eighty-second Report		Department for Education: accountability and oversight of education and children's services	HC 1957
Eighty-third Report		Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: Cost Reductions	HC 1874
Eighty-fourth Report		Adult Apprenticeships	HC 1875
Eighty-fifth Report		Department for Work and Pensions: the introduction of the Work Programme	HC 1814
Eighty-sixth Report	The free entitlement to education for 3 and four year olds		HC 1893
Eighty-seventh Report	HM Revenue and Customs: Compliance and Enforcement Programme		HC 1892
Eighty-eighth Report	Managing change in the Defence workforce		HC 1905

Session 2012-13

First Report	The Government Procurement Card	HC 1915
Second Report	Mobile Technology in policing	HC 1863
Third Report	Efficiency and reform in government corporate functions through shared service centres	HC 463
Fourth Report	The completion and sale of High Speed 1	HC 464
Fifth Report	The Regional Growth Fund	HC 104
Sixth Report	HM Revenue & Customs: Renewed Alcohol Strategy	HC 504
Seventh Report	Immigration: The Points Based System—Student Routes	HC 101
Eighth Report	Managing early departures in central government	HC 503
Ninth Report	Preparations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games	HC 526
Tenth Report	Implementing the transparency agenda	HC 102
Eleventh Report	Improving the efficiency of central government office property	HC 288
Twelfth Report	Off-payroll arrangements in the public sector	HC 532
Thirteenth Report	Financial viability of the social housing sector: introducing the Affordable Homes Programme	HC 388
Fourteenth Report	Assurance for major projects	HC 384
Fifteenth Report	Preventing fraud in contracted employment programmes	HC 103
Sixteenth Report	Department of Health: Securing the future financial sustainability of the NHS	HC 389
Seventeenth Report	Department of Health: The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS	HC 289
Eighteenth Report	HM Treasury: The creation of Northern Rock plc	HC 552
Nineteenth Report	HM Revenue & Customs: Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12	HC 716
Twentieth Report	Department for Energy and Climate Change: Offshore electricity transmission—a new model for infrastructure	HC 621
Twenty-first Report	The Ministry of Justice's language service contract	HC 620
Twenty-second Report	British Broadcasting Corporation: Off-payroll contracting and severance package for the Director General	HC 774
Twenty-third Report	Department for Work and Pensions: Contract management of medical services	HC 744
Twenty-fourth Report	Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: Managing risk at Sellafield	HC 746
Twenty-fifth Report	Funding for local transport: an overview	HC 747
Twenty-Sixth Report	The Department for International Development: The multilateral aid reviewe	HC 660
Twenty-seventh Report	HM Treasury: Annual Report and Accounts 2011-12	HC 659
Twenty-eighth Report	Department of Health: The Franchising of Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust and Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust	HC 789
Twenty-ninth Report	Tax avoidance: tackling marketed avoidance schemes	HC 788
Thirtieth Report	Excess Votes 2011-12	HC 959
Thirty-first Report	Department for Transport: Lessons from cancelling the InterCity West Coast franchise competition	HC 813
Thirty-second Report	Ministry of Defence: managing the defence inventory	HC 745
Thirty-third Report	The Work Programme	HC 936
Thirty-fourth Report	Managing Budgeting in Government	HC 661
Thirty-fifth Report	Restructuring the National Offender Management Service	HC 717
Thirty-sixth Report	HMRC: Customer Service	HC 869
Thirty-seventh Report	Whole of Government Accounts 2010-11	HC 867
Thirty-eighth Report	The impact of Housing Benefit reform	HC 814
Thirty-ninth Report	Progress in delivering NHS efficiency savings	HC 865
Fortieth Report	The London 2012 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games: post-Games review	HC 812
Forty-first Report	Department for Education: Managing the expansion of the Academies Programme	HC 787
Forty-second Report	HM Treasury: Planning for economic infrastructure	HC 872
Forty-fourth Report	Tax avoidance: the role of large accountancy firms	HC 870

Session 2013-14

First Report	Ministry of Defence: Equipment Plan 2012-2022 and Major Projects Report 2012	HC 53
Second Report	Early Action: landscape review	HC 133
Third Report	Department for Communities and Local Government: Financial sustainability of local authorities	HC 134
Fourth Report	HM Revenue & Customs: tax credits error and fraud	HC 135
Fifth Report	Department for Work and Pensions: Responding to change in jobcentres	HC 136
Sixth Report	Cabinet Office: Improving government procurement and the impact of government's ICT savings initiative	HC 137
Seventh Report	Charity Commission: the Cup Trust and tax avoidance	HC 138
Eighth Report	Regulating Consumer Credit	HC 165
Ninth Report	Tax Avoidance—Google	HC 112
Tenth Report	Serious Fraud Office—redundancy and severance arrangements	HC 360
Eleventh Report	Department of Health: managing hospital consultants	HC 358
Twelfth Report	Department for Education: Capital funding for new school places	HC 359
Thirteenth Report	Civil Service Reform	HC 473
Fourteenth Report	Integration across government and Whole-Place Community Budgets	HC 472
Fifteenth Report	The provision of the out-of-hours GP service in Cornwall	HC 471
Sixteenth Report	FiRe Control	HC 110
Seventeenth Report	Administering the Equitable Life Payment Scheme	HC 111
Eighteenth Report	Carrier Strike: the 2012 reversion decision	HC 113
Nineteenth Report	The dismantled National Programme for IT in the NHS	HC 294
Twentieth Report	The BBC's move to Salford	HC 293
Twenty-first Report	Police Procurement	HC 115
Twenty-second Report	High Speed 2: a review of early programme preparation	HC 478
Twenty-third Report	HM Revenue & Customs: Progress in tackling tobacco smuggling	HC 297
Twenty-fourth Report	The rural broadband programme	HC 474
Twenty-fifth Report	The Duchy of Cornwall	HC 475
Twenty-sixth Report	Progress in delivering the Thameslink programme	HC 296
Twenty-seventh Report	Charges for customer telephone lines	HC 617
Twenty-eighth Report	The fight against Malaria	HC 618
Twenty-ninth Report	The New Homes Bonus	HC 114
Thirtieth Report	Universal Credit: early progress	HC 619
Thirty-first Report	The Border Force: securing the border	HC 663
Thirty-second Report	Whole of Government Accounts 2011-12	HC 667
Thirty-third Report	BBC severance packages	HC 476
Thirty-fourth Report	HMRC Tax Collection: Annual Report & Accounts 2012-13	HC 666
Thirty-fifth Report	Access to clinical trial information and the Stockpiling of Tamiflu	HC 295
Thirty-six Report	Confidentiality clauses and special severance payments	HC 477
Thirty-seventh Report	Supporting UK exporters overseas	HC 709
Thirty-eighth Report	Improving access to finance from small and medium-sized enterprises	HC 775
Thirty-ninth Report	The Sovereign Grant	HC 665
Fortieth Report	Maternity Services in England	HC 776
Forty-first Report	Gift Aid and other reliefs on charitable donations	HC 835
Forty-second Report	The Charity Commission	HC 792
Forty-third Report	Progress at Sellafield	HC 708
Forty-fourth Report	Student loan repayments	HC 886
Forty-fifth Report	Excess votes 2012-13	HC 1068
Forty-sixth Report	Emergency admissions to hospital	HC 885
Forty-seventh Report	Contracting out public services to the private sector	HC 777
Forty-eighth Report	Department for Communities and Local Government: Council Tax support	HC 943
Forty-ninth Report	Confiscation Orders	HC 942
Fiftieth Report	The rural broadband programme	HC 834
Fifty-first Report	Programmes to help families facing multiple challenges	HC 668
Fifty-second Report	BBC Digital Media Initiative	HC 985
Fifty-third Report	Ministry of Justice and National Offender Management Service: Managing the prison estate	HC 1001
Fifty-fourth Report	COMPASS: Provision of asylum accommodation	HC 1000
Fifty-fifth Report	NHS waiting times for elective care in England	HC 1002
Fifty-sixth Report	Establishing Free Schools	HC 941
Fifth-seventh Report	The Ministry of Defence Equipment Plan 2013-23 and Major Projects Report 2013	HC 1060
Fifty-eighth Report	Probation: landscape review	HC 1114
Fifty-ninth Report	The criminal justice system	HC 1115
Sixtieth Report	Promoting economic growth locally	HC 1110
Sixty-first Report	Education Funding Agency and Department for Education 2012-13 financial statements	HC 1063

Session 2014-15

First Report	Personal Independence Payment	HC 280
Second Report	Help to Buy equity loans	HC 281
Third Report	Tax reliefs	HC 282
Fourth Report	Monitor: regulating NHS Foundation Trusts	HC 407
Fifth Report	Infrastructure investment: impact on consumer bills	HC 406
Sixth Report	Adult social care in England	HC 518
Seventh Report	Managing debt owed to central government	HC 555
Eighth Report	Crossrail	HC 574
Ninth Report	Whistleblowing	HC 593
Tenth Report	Major Projects Authority	HC 147
Eleventh Report	Army 2020	HC 104
Twelfth Report	Update on preparations for smart metering	HC 103
Thirteenth Report	Local government funding: assurance to Parliament	HC 456
Fourteenth Report	DEFRA: oversight of three PFI waste projects	HC 106
Fifteenth Report	Maintaining strategic infrastructure: roads	HC 105
Sixteenth Report	Early contracts for renewable electricity	HC 454
Seventeenth Report	Child maintenance 2012 scheme: early progress	HC 455
Eighteenth Report	HMRC's progress in improving tax compliance and preventing tax avoidance	HC 458
Nineteenth Report	The centre of government	HC 107
Twentieth Report	Reforming the UK Border and Immigration System	HC 584
Twenty-first Report	The Work Programme	HC 457
Twenty-second Report	Out-of-hours GP services in England	HC 583
Twenty-third Report	Transforming contract management	HC 585
Twenty-fourth Report	Procuring new trains	HC 674
Twenty-fifth Report	Funding healthcare: making allocations to local areas	HC 676
Twenty-sixth Report	Whole of government accounts 2012-13	HC 678
Twenty-seventh Report	Housing benefit fraud and error	HC 706
Twenty-eight Report	Lessons from major rail infrastructure programmes	HC 709
Twenty-ninth Report	Managing and removing foreign national offenders	HC 708
Thirtieth Report	Managing and replacing the Aspire contract	HC 705
Thirty-first Report	16- to 18-year-old participation in education and training	HC 707
Thirty-second Report	School oversight and intervention	HC 735
Thirty-third Report	Oversight of the Private Infrastructure Development Group	HC 675
Thirty-fourth Report	Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014	HC 833
Thirty-fifth Report	Financial Sustainability of NHS Bodies	HC 736
Thirty-sixth Report	Implementing reforms to civil legal aid	HC 808
Thirty-seventh Report	Planning for the Better Care Fund	HC 807
Thirty-eighth Report	Tax avoidance: the role of large accountancy firms (follow-up)	HC 1057
Thirty-ninth Report	The UK's response to the outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in West Africa	HC 868
Fortieth Report	Excess Votes 2013-14	HC 1046
Forty-first Report	Financial support for students at alternative higher education providers	HC 811
Forty-second Report	Universal Credit: progress update	HC 810
Forty-third Report	Public Health England's grant to local authorities	HC 893
Forty-fourth Report	Children in Care	HC 809
Forty-fifth Report	Progress in improving cancer services and outcomes in England	HC 894
Forty-sixth Report	An update on Hinchingbrooke Health Care NHS Trust	HC 971
Forty-seventh Report	Major Projects Report 2014 and the Equipment Plan 2014 to 2024	HC 1045
Forty-eighth Report	Strategic flood risk management	HC 737
Forty-ninth Report	The effective management of tax reliefs	HC 892
Fiftieth Report	Improving tax collection	HC 974
Fifty-first Report	Care for people with learning disabilities	HC 973

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Prepared 28 March 2015