We questioned the Department on why it decided to transfer the CVU to UKHSA in October 2022, pushing additional responsibility on to a new and struggling organisation. The Department stated that, as an organisation of health protection experts who hold responsibility for established vaccination programmes, UKHSA was best placed to host the CVU. The Department told us that it thought that financial and accounting officer responsibilities had to be transferred alongside the operational responsi...

We questioned the Department on why it decided to transfer the CVU to UKHSA in October 2022, pushing additional responsibility on to a new and struggling organisation. The Department stated that, as an organisation of health protection experts who hold responsibility for established vaccination programmes, UKHSA was best placed to host the CVU. The Department told us that it thought that financial and accounting officer responsibilities had to be transferred alongside the operational responsibilities. It explained that it was aware of the systems and control issues at UKHSA that led to the disclaimer but considered that transferring the CVU w Type: conclusion | Number: 11 | Response status: accepted Government response: 1.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: January 2025 1.2 Following its 2021-22 disclaimed accounts, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) established a Finance and Control Improvement Programme to develop, implement a