The House of Commons public accounts committee (PAC) say in a report that the DfE was “unprepared” for the health crisis and is failing to assess its early response, more than a year on.
It is urging the DfE to “carry out a systemic lessons-learned exercise, to evaluate its response to the pandemic and identify departmental-specific lessons”.
MPs are particularly concerned the DfE has not yet carried out a full review of its response during the early stages of the pandemic to ensure its planning for emergencies and any future Covid-19 disruption improves.
“The Department seems surprisingly resistant to the idea of conducting a proper lessons-learned exercise on its early response to the pandemic,” says their report.
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