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Treasury Minutes: progress on implementing recommendations

Following the Committee’s report Accountability for Public Money, the Committee of Public Accounts (the Committee) expects high standards of public administration and for Government Departments, and their Agencies, to take seriously its recommendations. The Committee has requested regular information on implementation of its recommendations and will recall Accounting Officers if it is not satisfied with the quality of the Department’s performance after Committee hearings.

Following Dear Accounting Officer (DAO) 03/11, Treasury Minutes: progress on implementing recommendations replaces the need for Departments to report on PAC recommendations in their Departmental Annual Report. The Treasury will, twice a year, request Departments to report on their progress through special edition Treasury Minute.

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 progress on implementing the Committees recommendations, indicating target implementation dates; where applicable, Department’s respond fully to progress on implementing NAO recommendations, where there has been no Committee hearing; Department’s adhere to the Parliamentary timetable deadlines; Department’s have the required approvals; and the Treasury Minute: progress on implanting recommendations 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: progress on implementing recommendations, please contact Adrian Baxter on 020 7270 5498.

Government responses

• January 2013 – Treasury Minutes: progress on implementing recommendations on 19 Committee of Public Accounts reports (Session 2010-12); 3 National Audit Office reports; 12 updates from Treasury Minute progress reports (January 2012); and a progress report on Government Cash Management (PDF 4.9MB) 
• July 2012 – Treasury Minutes: progress on implementing recommendations from 28 Committee of Public Accounts reports (Session 2010-12) and 5 National Audit Office reports (PDF 390KB)
• January 2012 – Treasury Minutes: progress on implementing recommendations from the Committee of Public Accounts – Session 2010-12 and the National Audit Office (PDF 1MB)

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