Meeting documents
Corporate Scrutiny Sub-Committee (DCC)
Monday 27 February 2006
Meeting: Corporate Scrutiny Sub-Committee (County Hall, Durham - Committee Room 1a - 27/02/2006 10:00:00 AM)
Item: A3 Audit and Inspection Letter 2005-Representations from PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the Audit Commission will attend
Scrutiny Sub-Committee for Corporate Management Issues
27 February 2006 Annual Audit and Inspection Letter |
| Report of Head of Overview and Scrutiny |
Purpose of Report
1. To draw attention to some issues relevant for Scrutiny in the attached Annual Audit and Inspection Letter.
Background
2. PricewaterhouseCoopers was the appointed external auditor to the Council until the end of 2004/5 financial year. The Audit Commission is now the appointed auditor from April 2005. The Council’s external auditors are required to report annually to the Council in accordance with a Code of Practice. The attached report has been prepared jointly by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Audit Commission.
3. Perhaps the main message for the non-executive members arising from the attached report are:
Recommendation- Value for money needs to be a key priority for the Council.
- The Council should focus on areas of under-performance, particularly waste recycling, access to buildings and sickness absence and should continue its work to improve its performance on diversity and equalities.
- A plan for the implementation of group accounts should be implemented for the production of this year’s accounts.
5. You are asked to consider the report from the Audit Commission. The advice about the current action needed by the Council is particularly helpful in deciding the areas which could most usefully be scrutinised to assist the Council’s performance.
| Contact: Ian Mackenzie Tel: 0191 383 3673 |
For copy of full report please refer to PDF document or hard copy records
Attachments
Audit and Inspection Let Cov Rep.pdf