Public Accounts Committee

DfE under fire for being resistant to learning lessons from pandemic

26/05/2021
Est. Reading: 3 minutes

The Department for Education has come under fire for failing to set standards for in-school or remote learning during 2020 amidst the COVID-19 pandemic and has been accused of being “surprisingly resistant” to lessons-learned exercise amid concerns over catchup offer.

The Public Accounts Committee states that when schools were closed to most pupils in early [...]

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DfE urged to get to grips with understanding of pressure on children's services

22/03/2019
Est. Reading: 5 minutes

The children's services sector is not "financially sustainable," the Public Accounts Committee has warned.

In a report, the PAC said that it has reported several times in recent years on the poor state of children’s social care, and in 2016 concluded that the Department for Education was worryingly complacent that nothing could be done to improve [...]

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Special Report: NHS pledges to improve children's mental health

16/01/2019
Est. Reading: 8 minutes

In the same week that a committee of MPs slammed the NHS for failing children with mental health problems, the NHS published its Long-Term Plan which pledges to prioritise child and adolescent mental health services.

In its report into mental health services for children and young people, the Public Accounts Committee said [...]

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Special Report: Public Accounts Committee slams progress on child protection

16/12/2016
Est. Reading: 7 minutes

The government’s plans to reform social work have been criticised by the Public Accounts Committee which has stated that the Department for Education lacks a ‘credible plan’ to improve child protection.

Too little has been done to improve children’s services since Eileen Munro published a report following an inquiry into the child protection system calling for [...]

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