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Report 3 of the 08 Feb 01 meeting of the Audit Panel and discusses MPA's external audit and audit plan for 2001/01.

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External audit - audit plan 2001/01

Report: 3
Date: 8 February 2001
By: Treasurer

Summary

Appendix 1 is the external audit plan for the 2000/2001. The appendix is available as an Adobe Acrobat PDF document (see Supporting material).

A. Recommendation

The Audit Panel is asked to approve the proposed external audit programme for 2000/01 and the fees of £500,000.

B. Supporting information

The document prepared by District Audit at Appendix 1 sets out the external audit plan for the 2000/2001 audit. Kash Pandya, the District Auditor, will present the proposed programme to the Panel.

The appendix also includes details of the proposed audit fee totalling £500,000. The fee is based on scales for 2000/01 determined by the Audit Commission, having regard to the external auditor's assessment of risk.

The proposed programme and fees have been discussed with myself and Keith Luck who has conveyed the views of the MPS Management Board to District Audit.

C. Financial implications

Provision for the external audit fees in line with the proposal has been made in the 2001/02 budget.

D. Review arrangements

The external auditor will report on the various aspects of the programme as appropriate during the year. The programme and fees are approved on an annual basis.

E. Background papers

None.

F. Contact details

The author of this report is Peter Martin, Treasurer, MPA.

For information contact:

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

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