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Treasury Minutes

The Committee of Public Accounts (the Committee) examines National Audit Office (NAO) VFM studies on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness of Government Departments, and other bodies. The Accounting Officer attends as a witness to give evidence at a Committee hearing, with the Committee's objective to draw lessons from past successes and failures, which can be applied to future activity by the Department examined and, in some instances, to other Government Departments.

Departments respond to the Committee reports through a Treasury Minute – the Government’s response to the Committee. The Treasury Minute is laid as a Command Paper in Parliament in the name of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (EST). Treasury Minutes will have the approval of the drafting Department’s Permanent Secretary (Accounting Officer) and the Department’s Minister. The Treasury Officer of Accounts will further seek the approval of the EST and Number 10.

The Treasury Officer of Accounts is responsible for promoting and sustaining a central Government culture in which public money is handled responsibly, transparently and to high standards of accountability. To ensure the Government’s financial accountability to Parliament, TOA will provide a clear framework of guidance to Departments and Treasury spending workstreams.

The Treasury Officer of Accounts ensure that Department’s respond fully to the Committees recommendations; Department’s adhere to the Parliamentary timetable deadlines; Department’s have the required approvals; and the Treasury Minute is laid and published in Parliament to schedule.

The Treasury spending workstreams role is to review Departmental responses to ensure Government policy has not been compromised and that Department’s have not made financial commitments that have not been approved by the Treasury.

If you have any questions on Treasury Minutes, please contact Adrian Baxter on 020 7270 5498.

Government responses

Session 2010-13:

• March 2013 – Treasury Minutes on the Twentieth, the Twenty Third and the Twenty Fifth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2012-13 (PDF 952KB)
• February 2013 – Treasury Minutes on the Fourteenth, the Seventeenth to the Nineteenth and the Twenty First Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2012-13 (PDF 454KB)
• January 2013 – Treasury Minutes on the Fifth, the Eleventh to the Thirteenth and the Fifteenth to the Sixteenth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2012-13 (PDF 872KB)
• November 2012 - Treasury Minutes on the Eighty Second, the First to the Fourth and the Sixth to the Tenth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12. (PDF 664KB)
• July 2012 – Treasury Minutes on the Seventy Fifth, the Seventy Seventh, the Seventy Ninth to the Eighty First and the Eighty Third to the Eighty Eighth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12. (PDF 890KB)
• May 2012 – Treasury Minutes on the Fifty Sixth, the Seventy First, the Seventy Sixth and the Seventy Eighth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 412KB)
• April 2012 – Treasury Minutes on the Sixty Eighth, the Seventieth, the Seventy Second and the Seventy Fourth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 369KB)
• March 2012 – Treasury minutes on the Sixty Second to the Sixty Seventh Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 471KB)
• February 2012 – Treasury minutes on the Fifty Second to the Fifty Fifth and on the Fifty Seventh to the Sixty First Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 388KB)
• December 2011 – Treasury minutes on the Forty Sixth to the Fiftieth reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 785KB)
• October 2011 – Treasury minutes on the Twenty Eighth and the Forty Second to the Forty Fifth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 398KB)
• September 2011 – Treasury minutes on the Twenty Second, the Thirty Third and the Thirty Eighth to the Forty First Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 552KB)
• July 2011 – Treasury minutes on the Thirty Fourth to the Thirty Seventh Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010 (PDF 814KB)
• June 2011 – Treasury minutes on the Twenty Ninth to the Thirty Second Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 602KB)
• May 2011 - Treasury minutes on the Nineteenth to the Twenty First and the Twenty Third to the Twenty Seventh Reports from the Committe of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 802KB)
• March 2011 - Treasury minutes on the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Reports from the Committe of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 694KB)
• February 2011 - Treasury minutes on the Third to the Thirteenth Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 674KB)
• December 2010 - Treasury minutes on the First and the Second Reports from the Committee of Public Accounts Session 2010-12 (PDF 408KB)

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