Implementing employment support schemes in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
This report examines the implementation of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme and the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
Published:
23 Oct 2020
23 Oct 2020
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COVID-19
As the UK’s public spending watchdog, it is our role to support Parliament in holding the government to account.
In light of the wide range and significance of the government’s actions to tackle the COVID-19 crisis, we are carrying out a broad and varied programme of work.
We will prioritise our work on areas where we think there have been particular challenges and where we feel there is most to learn.
Read more about our work on the government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Winter 2020/21
Investigation into preparations for potential COVID-19 vaccines
This report will cover government’s progress with securing access to potential vaccines and determining how they will be administered.
Summer 2021
Nightingale and independent hospitals: building NHS resilience
This study will examine the value gained from the NHS’s arrangements with Nightingale and independent hospitals during the pandemic.
Investigation into the Bounce Back Loan Scheme
This investigation describes the scheme’s purpose and how it functions, performance to date, and how government manages value-for-money risks.
Published:
7 Oct 2020
7 Oct 2020
Winter 2020/21
Delivering Test & Trace services for COVID-19
This initial report will review government’s implementation of test and trace to date.
Investigation into how government increased the number of ventilators available to the NHS in response to COVID-19
This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
Published:
30 Sep 2020
30 Sep 2020
Spring 2021
Support for children’s education during the COVID-19 pandemic
Towards the end of March 2020, as part of the measures taken to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic, schools closed to all pupils except vulnerable children and children of key workers. Some year groups returned to school in June, but most children did not return until September 2020. Therefore, for several months the majority of pupils … Read more
Spring 2021
Local government finance and the pandemic
Our study will examine the evolving financial pressures on local government and the support provided from central government.
Winter 2020
The housing of rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic
This report examines the government’s plan for rehousing rough sleepers during the COVID-19 pandemic and in the longer-term.
Winter 2020/21
Protecting and supporting the vulnerable during lockdown
The study will evaluate how effectively government identified and met the needs of vulnerable people.