Public Accounts Committee launches five new inquiries

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today announces its next slate of upcoming inquiries, providing scrutiny of Government spending and delivery across a range of Government Departments.

The programme of inquiries, to held over the coming months, was selected by members of the Committee, in discussions led by the Chair of the Committee, Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown MP.

Each inquiry is informed by the work of the National Audit Office. Committee members will use reports as a starting point and agreed factual basis from which to conduct their scrutiny to hold government to account for how it spends public money.

The inquiries are as follows:

• Government's intervention in British Steel
• Investment in research infrastructure
• Northern Powerhouse Rail
• Shared services
• Sizewell C