The C&AG confirmed that UKHSA had introduced “quite a lot of important governance arrangements” following its 2021–22 accounts, and that it had made progress on being able to present a more manageable set of financial data for the NAO to audit. But he stressed that there was still a long way to go. The C&AG told us that UKHSA remained in a challenging position, and that it was vital that UKHSA did not underestimate the scale of what remained to be done to implement normal accounting processes...

The C&AG confirmed that UKHSA had introduced “quite a lot of important governance arrangements” following its 2021–22 accounts, and that it had made progress on being able to present a more manageable set of financial data for the NAO to audit. But he stressed that there was still a long way to go. The C&AG told us that UKHSA remained in a challenging position, and that it was vital that UKHSA did not underestimate the scale of what remained to be done to implement normal accounting processes.10 We asked UKHSA whether it was confident that it could produce accounts for 2023–24 that would not receive another disclaimer. UKHSA told us that it e Type: conclusion | Number: 8 | 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 an