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Report 12 of the 22 March 2007 meeting of the Corporate Governance Committee and presents the annual letter following the audit of the 2005/06 accounts.

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External audit 2005/06 – progress report

Report: 12
Date: 22 March 2007
By: Treasurer and Commissioner

Summary

The external auditor has issued his annual letter to members of the Authority following the audit of the 2005/06 accounts. Officers have developed an action plan covering the responsibilities of both the MPA and MPS. Members are asked to endorse the action plan and agree that a summary of progress should be reported to the Authority in July 2007.

A. Recommendation

That members endorse the action plan and agree that a summary of progress be reported to the Authority in July 2007.

B. Supporting information

1. At the conclusion of the annual audit of the Authority’s accounts the external auditor issues a letter to the members of the Authority summarising the significant issues that have arisen as a result of his assessment of the Authority’s performance in discharging its stewardship of public money. The letter relating to the 2005/06 audit was circulated to members in December and is attached at Appendix 1.

2. As well as covering the work carried out as part of the external audit the letter includes summarised information from the HMIC baseline assessment of the MPS, police performance assessment, the police use of resources evaluation (PURE) and the authority’s financial position.

3. Officers of both the MPA and MPS have reviewed the key recommendations included in the letter and have developed an action plan to respond to them, this is attached at Appendix 2. Where appropriate detailed actions have already been agreed with the Audit Commission in relation to the individual reports whose findings are summarised in the letter.

4. It is proposed that the Authority should receive a summary of progress against the action plan in July 2007 before the audit for 2006/07 is completed.

C. Race and equality impact

There are no specific diversity implications of the actions proposed in response to the audit letter.

D. Financial implications

The proposed actions will be contained within existing budgets.

E. Background papers

None

F. Contact details

Report author: Annabel Adams Deputy Treasurer, MPA and Simon Hart, A/Director of Finance, MPS.

For information contact:

MPA general: 020 7202 0202
Media enquiries: 020 7202 0217/18

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