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External auditor's grants report

Meeting: 27/01/2014 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 43)

43 External auditor's report on the certification of claims and returns 2012/13 pdf icon PDF 38 KB

To consider the external auditor’s report on the certification of claims and returns 2012/13. 

Minutes:

The committee considered the external auditor’s annual report on the certification of the council’s claims and returns 2012/13.  Adam Swain from Ernst & Young reported that the council’s housing and council tax benefits’ subsidy claim had received an unqualified opinion, and there were no issues found with separately uploading the parameters onto the system, as recommended by the external auditor last year.  The only error in the claims resulted in a reduction of the subsidy by £16,540.  The error had been corrected.  There was also an unqualified opinion on the council’s national non-domestic rates return. 

 

The strategic director stated that the report was good news, highlighting the first unqualified benefits subsidy claim in several years indicating an improvement in processes.

 

Finally, the committee noted that the audit fee for 2012/13 was £19,750. 

 

RESOLVED: to note the external auditor’s report on the certification of claims and returns 2012/13. 


 

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