There were also operational decisions which UKHSA and the Department took which meant that some form of accounts qualification was always likely. The Department decided not to count the stockpile of emergency goods transferred from Public Health England to the UK Health Security Agency on 1 October 2022. The Department’s view was that counting these stocks on the date of transfer would have compromised the autumn 2021 vaccine roll-out because it would have required the closure of warehouses.4...

There were also operational decisions which UKHSA and the Department took which meant that some form of accounts qualification was always likely. The Department decided not to count the stockpile of emergency goods transferred from Public Health England to the UK Health Security Agency on 1 October 2022. The Department’s view was that counting these stocks on the date of transfer would have compromised the autumn 2021 vaccine roll-out because it would have required the closure of warehouses.44 However, there were other inventories transferred to UKHSA, for example the NHS Test and Trace inventories transferred from the Department, where no st Type: conclusion | Number: 23 | Response status: accepted Government response: 4.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. Target implementation date: Autumn 2023 4.2 UKHSA is urgently working to improve and strengthen existing financial controls and processes, to evidence compliance with government functional standards and be