Commons Select Committee

Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee

Chair: Simon Hoare

The Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC) is appointed by the House of Commons to examine: constitutional issues; the quality and standards of administration provided by Civil Service departments; and the reports of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO).

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Current Members (11)

Active Inquiries (16)

The work and performance of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

ActiveOpened 23 Jan 2026

The work of the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards

ActiveOpened 13 Jan 2026

Inquiry into the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry (Stage 1)

ActiveOpened 10 Dec 2025

The work of the House of Lords Appointments Commission

ActiveOpened 10 Nov 2025

The work of the Commissioner for Public Appointments

ActiveOpened 5 Nov 2025

The work of the Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

ActiveOpened 22 Sept 2025

Pre-appointment Hearing: Registrar of Consultant Lobbyists

ActiveOpened 2 Sept 2025

Ministerial Statements and the Ministerial Code

ActiveOpened 12 Jun 2025

Propriety, ethics and the wider standards landscape in the UK

ActiveOpened 3 Jun 2025

The work of the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments

ActiveOpened 2 Jun 2025

The work of the UK Statistics Authority

ActiveOpened 7 Apr 2025

Pre-appointment Hearing: The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

ActiveOpened 19 Mar 2025

Mission Government

ActiveOpened 3 Mar 2025

The work of the Civil Service Commission

ActiveOpened 22 Jan 2025

Public Bodies

ActiveOpened 13 Dec 2024

The work of the Cabinet Office

ActiveOpened 21 Nov 2024

Recent Publications (20)

Letter from Mark Isherwood MS, Chair, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee, Welsh Parliament, on implementation monitoring of public inquiry recommendations, dated 13.3.26

CorrespondenceInquiry into the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry (Stage 1)

24 Mar 2026

Letter from Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for the Cabinet Office & His Majesty’s Paymaster General on Ministerial Salaries, dated 11.3.26

Correspondence

17 Mar 2026

Letter from Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister & Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on Standards in Public Life, dated 11.3.26

Correspondence

17 Mar 2026

Letter from Kenneth Gibson MSP, Convener, Finance and Public Administration Committee, Scottish Parliament, on implementation monitoring of public inquiry recommendations, dated 4.3.26

CorrespondenceInquiry into the recommendations of the Infected Blood Inquiry (Stage 1)

10 Mar 2026

Letter from Jess Phillips MP, Minister for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls on the geographic scope of the Independent Inquiry into Grooming Gangs, dated 19.2.26

Correspondence

3 Mar 2026

Letter from Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, Secretary of State, Department for Transport on publication of four Common Frameworks, dated 23.2.26

Correspondence

3 Mar 2026

Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 - Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO)

Estimate memoranda

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Darren Tierney, Permanent secretary, Office for National Statistics on ONS update on progress and plans, dated 12.2.26

CorrespondenceThe work of the UK Statistics Authority

24 Feb 2026

Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 - Civil Superannuation

Estimate memoranda

24 Feb 2026

Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 - Royal Mail Statutory Pension Scheme

Estimate memoranda

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Penny Young, Interim Chair, UK Statistics Authority on the Review of Board Effectiveness report, dated 12.2.26

CorrespondenceThe work of the UK Statistics Authority

24 Feb 2026

Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 - Cabinet Office

Estimate memoranda

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Paula Sussex, Ombudsman and Chair, Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman on the Government’s decision in response to PHSO's Women’s State Pension Age Investigation report, dated 13.2.26

CorrespondenceThe work and performance of the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman

24 Feb 2026

Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2025-26 - The Statistics Board

Estimate memoranda

24 Feb 2026

Letter from Rt Hon Pat McFadden MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the Government Response to PHSO's investigation on State Pension age communications, dated 29.1.26

Correspondence

3 Feb 2026

Letter from Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the proposal for modernising the state, dated 20.1.26

CorrespondenceThe work of the Cabinet Office

27 Jan 2026

Letter from Rt Hon Darren Jones MP, Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on the follow up written evidence, following the 16.12.25 oral evidence session, dated 15.1.26

CorrespondenceThe work of the Cabinet Office

27 Jan 2026

Letter from Chris Ward, Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office on Common Frameworks, dated 19.1.26

Correspondence

27 Jan 2026

4th Report - Ministerial Statements and the Ministerial Code

ReportMinisterial Statements and the Ministerial Code

9 Jan 2026

HC 1036

Letter from William Shawcross CVO, Commissioner for Public Appointments on follow-up written evidence after the 2.12.25 oral evidence session, dated 16.12.25

CorrespondenceThe work of the Commissioner for Public Appointments

6 Jan 2026

Completed Inquiries (1)

Review of the 2024 general election

Closed3 Dec 202411 Feb 2026

Contact

pacac@parliament.uk

020 7219 3268 (general enquiries) | 020 7219 8335 (media enquiries)

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