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Audit and Inspection letter

 
The Audit Commission's Annual Audit Letter helps the public see the Council's stewardship of public funds.

A recent legislative change has introduced new requirements about publicity for the Letter and its accessibility to the public.

The Council is now required:

  • as soon as reasonably practicable following its receipt to publish the Annual Audit Letter
  • to keep copies of the Letter available for purchase by any person on payment of a reasonable sum.

What is the Audit Letter?

The Audit Commission's annual Audit Letter to Councillors is an independent scrutiny of Council practices, procedures and systems.

While predominantly concerned with financial performance, procedures and probity, a significant amount of performance management work is carried out by the Commission.

This includes a programme of work designed to help the Audit Commission deliver its Comprehensive Performance Assessment judgement for the Council.

This work will suggest areas where improvements might be made. In general, these have been accepted and officers have agreed action plans for their implementation.

Copies of the letter

Copies are available from:

The Director of Finance
Riverside House East
Woolwich High Street
London SE18 6BU

at £10 per copy.

Download a copy

Annual Audit and Inspection Letter 2007   pdf   123kb
Annual Audit and Inspection Letter 2006   pdf 116kb
Annual Audit and Inspection Letter 2005   pdf  571kb
Annual Audit and Inspection Letter 2004   pdf  207kb

You will need a copy of Adobe Reader to download these documents. See the Useful links on the right to download a free copy of the reader.

Further information

For more information, please contact our Financial Information and Strategy team using the contact information in the menu on the right.

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