There have been repeated and unacceptable governance and accounting failures within the Departmental Group which has led to poor financial control, undermined Parliamentary accountability, and money being spent without Parliamentary approval. The Department has failed to implement adequate financial control across the Group which has resulted in numerous qualifications of both ‘true and fair’ and ‘regularity’ opinions. The Department’s own Core and/ or Group accounts have had multiple qualifi...

There have been repeated and unacceptable governance and accounting failures within the Departmental Group which has led to poor financial control, undermined Parliamentary accountability, and money being spent without Parliamentary approval. The Department has failed to implement adequate financial control across the Group which has resulted in numerous qualifications of both ‘true and fair’ and ‘regularity’ opinions. The Department’s own Core and/ or Group accounts have had multiple qualifications over the last three years. The UKHSA accounts were disclaimed in 2021–22, the year it was established. NHS Property Services accounts were qualif Type: conclusion | Number: 6 | Response status: accepted Government response: The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. programme. This programme established robust financial controls and governance across the department and its arms’ length bodies. This programme put in place a proportionate, risk-based financial control framew