Sentences with phrase «public accounts committee found»

A report by the public accounts committee found that by cutting staff by 3,300, HMRC failed to claw back an extra # 1.1 billion of money it was owed, raising questions about whether spending cuts are becoming self - defeating.

Today's report from the public accounts committee found government departments couldn't demonstrate an understanding of the risks associated with the strategy.

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«The collaboration we saw was some billing and administrative contacts between the two of them, so you'd see similar people show up in each of the accounts,» said Schroepfer, when asked for more detail about what it had found, before declining to say anything else in a public setting on account of ongoing investigations — despite the committee pointing out other witnesses it has heard from have not held back on that front.

Meg Hillier MP, the chair of the Commons public accounts committee, said the findings were shocking for those people affected this winter by overcrowded hospitals and cancelled operations.

The findings have prompted Westminster's public accounts committee to launch an immediate inquiry.

A public accounts committee report into asylum housing found the contracts given to Serco and G4S to provide it had saved little money, failed to improve the service and in fact made it considerable more insecure.

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.

Despite warnings in 1992 and 2002, the MoD has failed to create adequate combat identification systems to protect British troops from friendly fire casualties, the Commons» public accounts committee (PAC) has found.

«Following an Australian National Audit Office report in December that found that spending on specialist consulting contracts had grown from more than $ 200 million in 2012 - 13 to more than $ 500 million in 2016 - 17, the joint committee of public accounts and audits has asked government departments and agencies to explain their procurement spends.»