The report, by the public accounts committee, criticised the government for the way in which it funds the public awareness campaign.
It passed responsibility for public awareness to the BBC, setting aside £803 million of licence fee money to do so. But because no outcomes were specified, the BBC is accountable only to the BBC Trust for the way it spent the money, not parliament or the government.
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