There is no evidence the hundreds of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money spent by the UK government on major projects like immigration provided value for money.
That is the stark finding from the Commons Public Accounts Committee which examined the value for money of government projects, programmes, and service delivery.
It has concluded the government pays only lip service to robust evaluation—”or at all”—to improve outcomes of major policy spends.
“Government spends hundreds of billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money on major projects with no evidence what is working or idea what to do when it isn’t,” said Dame Meg Hillier MP, chair of the Public Accounts Committee, which draws on the work of the National Audit Office to hold government officials to account for the economy, efficiency, and effectiveness of public spending….