Sentences with phrase «public accounts committee»

And they are the conclusions of today's public accounts committee report.

In a new report on free schools, parliament's public accounts committee said such schools are expensive, and are not generally appearing in the areas of greatest demand for school places.

He is currently a member of the influential public accounts committee.

She struggles to say which of her posts had the most influence, but she is that sure that she had «more public connection» as public accounts committee chair.

If parliament's ever produced a theatrical success, then it's the recently - established public accounts committee (PAC), particularly in the last few months.

In May 2016, a report by the House of Commons public accounts committee criticised Hunt's plan for a seven - day NHS, saying «no coherent attempt» had made to understand staffing needs, the plan was «completely uncosted», and contained «serious flaws».

Grayling's decision to allow Stagecoach to exit its franchise is expected to come under scrutiny from the Commons public accounts committee in the new year.

A report from the Commons» public accounts committee earlier this month found that the reform was dependent on new IT services, and that it was based on the «optimistic» assumption that four - fifths of jobseekers would use online services.

The chair of the parliamentary public accounts committee Meg Hillier has spoken out against costly private finance initiative contracts and warned that the scheme's relaunch as PF2 is...

The Commons» public accounts committee found that the costs of building the new link were spiralling up while the benefits to the public were dwindling down.

Cameron and Osborne's dealings with Google have also been heavily criticised by former chair of the Commons public accounts committee Margaret Hodge and former business secretary Vince Cable.

Last summer the Commons» public accounts committee accused the MoD of a «conspiracy of optimism» on its spending arrangements.

3.15 pm: Una O'Brien, permanent secretary at the Department of Health, and other officials give evidence o the Commons public accounts committee about NHS trusts» finances.

The influential public accounts committee today published its report on government «outsourcing» - and found there was a chronically poor understanding of how and why different departments spend their money on interim staff and consultancy.

Earlier this month the commons public accounts committee warned staffing levels across the three services had become perilously low.

Public accounts committee admonishes DfE for not prioritising teacher retention and development

What has happened to the money pumped into the area of the Ghallywood - public accounts committee sat and the ice breaking monies invested into the making of the film village.

The Commons» public accounts committee concluded earlier this month that it was «far from clear» whether PFI had delivered value for money.

15:15 - Treasury permanent secretary Sir Nicholas Macpherson, before public accounts committee, on: accountability

The warning came in a report by the Commons» influential public accounts committee which attacks the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for not doing enough to detect evidence of fraud at A4e, one of the biggest firms it has paid to implement welfare - to - work schemes.

A report from the Commons» public accounts committee blamed the government for its «failure to get a grip» on the scheme, which will close by March 2014 at the latest.

Labour MP Meg Hillier, the chair of the powerful public accounts committee said she was «concerned» by the latest report from the National Audit Office, which found that people taking senior jobs at academy trusts are not fully checked out.

The chair of the parliamentary public accounts committee Meg Hillier has spoken out against costly private finance initiative contracts and warned that the scheme's relaunch as PF2 is little more than a rebrand.

Margaret Hodge, the chairwoman of the Commons public accounts committee who earlier this year accused Google of breaking its company motto of «don't be evil» said it had once again shown contempt for its customers and UK taxpayers.

Today's report from the Commons» public accounts committee erodes some fundamental assumptions from the Department for Work and Pensions about the positive impacts these reforms will have.

Some have advocated establishing local public accounts committees of non-executive councillors in localities perhaps supported by co-opted expertise and informed by citizen panels.

A report from the Commons» public accounts committee out today judged the aggressive tax avoidance practises, which are costing the UK billions of pounds, to be «outrageous» and «immoral».

The government is sticking to its proposals despite the National Audit Office, Lord Hutton himself and most recently the Commons public accounts committee confirming public sector pensions are affordable now and sustainable in future.

In other categories, the Labour MP and former public accounts committee chair Margaret Hodge could pick up the award for «Best Non-Fiction by a Parliamentarian» and Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries is up against Jeffrey Archer and Melvyn Bragg to win «Best Fiction by a Parliamentarian».

A report published today by the Commons» public accounts committee makes the claim as it analyses the # 8 billion spent every year by the NHS on prescription drugs.

Prezza's appearance came in the wake of this week's report from the cross-party public accounts committee (PAC), arguably Westminster's most powerful (and oldest) committee because it draws on the reports and considerable manpower of the comptroller and auditor general, the head of the National Audit Office — the one the coalition does not intend to abolish.

As parliament's public accounts committee pointed out in January 2015: «The DfE [Department for Education] presides over a complex and confused system of external oversight.»

All three heads, who gave evidence to the Commons public accounts committee alongside NAHT leader Russell Hobby this afternoon, said they felt the Department for Education (DfE) did not understand the pressures they faced.

Today's public accounts committee report doesn't exactly predict chaos over Brexit, but it comes pretty close.

A highly critical report from the Commons public accounts committee said the multi-million regeneration scheme risked becoming a «calamity».

10.30 am: Lin Homer, chief executive and permanent secretary at HM Revenue & Customs, gives evidence to the Commons public accounts committee about tax avoidance.

Slater told the parliamentary public accounts committee this afternoon that the government had learned that the amount offered to teachers had not been enough of an incentive, and that where teachers did apply, some schools were reluctant to take them on.

The image of the shrinking violet former girls» school pupils may not sit easy with single sex alumni like the fearsome former chairwoman of the Commons public accounts committee Margaret Hodge and leading actress like Dame Judi Dench and Harry Potter star Emily Watson.

Tory Sir Alan Duncan calls on Labour MP to resign as public accounts committee chair for «inappropriate grandstanding»

The influential public accounts committee concluded that Google's Irish employees simply processed the bills, after hearing evidence from a former employee turned whistleblower who lifted the lid on what he described as Google's «immoral» tax schemes.

This time it is a damaging report from House of Commons» public accounts committee which last week accused the LSC of «poor oversight» and «uncertainty and duplication» between its role and that of the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

THE chairman of the Dáil's powerful public accounts committee has alleged that pressure was put on him to limit its report into the sale of Nama's northern loan book.

In parliament, the Commons» influential public accounts committee (PAC) is planning to probe the franchise fiasco alongside a separate investigation by MPs on the transport committee.

Mr Thompson, who left the BBC last September to become chief executive of the New York Times, alleges that Lord Patten, chair of the trust, and trustee Anthony Fry, told «specific untruths and inaccuracies» to MPs at the Commons public accounts committee on July 10 this year.»

According to the public accounts committee, the issue both undercuts British sellers and loses taxpayers up to # 1.5 billion a year.

«What has happened has happened and there is that parliamentary process with the public accounts committee and the various investigations by respective agencies.

Tim Houston made the comment while questioning deputy environment minister Frances Martin, who appeared Wednesday before the legislature's public accounts committee.

Last week executives from Amazon, Google and Starbucks appeared before the House of Commons public accounts committee to disc...