House of Commons Committee of Public Accounts Competition in public procurement Sixth Report of Session 2023–24 published 13 December 2023.
The headline is that “Government cannot demonstrate value for money for untold billions of taxpayer-funded procurement”
Government is unable to demonstrate value for money across billions of taxpayer pounds of public procurement. The Government spent £259bn procuring goods and services in 2021-22, but a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report published today finds that it is unable to demonstrate that it is achieving value for money in public procurement, due to significant issues with the quality and completeness of data on contracts.
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