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To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what legislative provisions the Audit Commission is permitted to underwrite the litigation expenses of a district auditor whose audit decision has been called into question by a member of the public.[HL5690]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what legislative provisions the Audit Commission is permitted to underwrite the litigation expenses of a district auditor whose audit decision has been called into question by a member of the public.[HL5690]
This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the Controller of Audit at the Audit Commission to write to the noble Lord direct.
Letter from Marcine Waterman, Controller of Audit for the Audit Commission, to Lord Lucas, dated March 2013
Under Section 3(8) of the Audit Commission Act 1998, the Audit Commission has powers to appoint firms of auditors on such terms as it determines. The commission's terms of appointment for auditors include an indemnity for the reasonable costs of litigation that arises in connection with their audit functions. Under
Section 7 of the Act, the commission sets and recovers statutory audit fees, out of which it meets the costs auditors incur in the delivery of audits.
A copy of this letter will appear in Hansard.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff are currently employed by the Audit Commission; and what functions the Commission continues to perform.[HL5648]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff are currently employed by the Audit Commission; and what functions the Commission continues to perform.[HL5648]
This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the Controller of Audit at the Audit Commission to write to the noble Lord direct.
Letter from Marcine Waterman, Controller of Audit, Audit Commission, dated 28 February 2013 to Lord Christopher
Parliamentary Question: how many staff are currently employed by the Audit Commission; and what functions the Commission continues to perform.
Your Parliamentary Question outlined above has been passed to me to reply.
I would add that the programme to end routine inspection and assessment, disband the Audit Commission and introduce a new local audit framework will save £650 million of taxpayers’ money over the next five years.
Your Parliamentary Question outlined above has been passed to me to reply.
As at 1 January 2013 the Audit Commission employed 162 staff. We continue to transition to a smaller organisation of fewer than 70 staff.
The Audit Commission’s core function continues to be the oversight and regulation of the local audit regime. The Commission has four statutory functions in relation to audit:
appointing auditors to local government and NHS bodies;
preparing and keeping under review Codes of Audit Practice, which prescribe how auditors should discharge their statutory duties;
prescribing scales of fees for audits; and
making arrangements for the certification of grant claims and returns.
The Commission appoints auditors to NHS charities under Section 43A of the Charities Act 1993 and also has specific powers to match data for the purposes of preventing and detecting fraud: the National Fraud Initiative.
As well, the Commission has a statutory function, as set out in the Audit Commission Act 1988, to undertake or promote comparative or other studies to improve the services and functions of its audited bodies. This function is currently fulfilled by our programme of national briefings, which supports the work of auditors.
A copy of this letter will appear in Hansard.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff were employed by the Audit Commission, including auditors, on 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, and 31 March 2012; and what was the cost of any changes in the staff complement. [HL2174]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff were employed by the Audit Commission, including auditors, on 31 March 2010, 31 March 2011, and 31 March 2012; and what was the cost of any changes in the staff complement. [HL2174]
This in an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the Controller of Audit at the Audit Commission to write to the noble Lord direct. I would add that the programme to end routine inspection and assessment, disband the Audit Commission and introduce a new local audit framework will save £650 million of taxpayers’ money over the next five years.
Letter from Marcine Waterman, Controller of Audit for Audit Commission to Lord Christopher, dated 18 September 2012
Your Parliamentary Question outlined above has been passed to me to reply. The Commission employed:
1,985 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff including auditors on 31 March 2010;
1,409 FTE staff including auditors on 31 March 2011; and
1,017 FTE staff including auditors on 31 March 2012.
968 FTE staff left the organisation between 31 March 2010 and 31 March 2012, some of whom received exit packages.
The cost of changes in the staff complement (defined as the cost of exit packages paid or provided for) was:
£26.0 million for 668 staff in 2010/11. £0.2 million paid to these staff appeared in the 2011/12 accounts because actual payments exceeded the estimated provisions; and
£19.8 million for 366 staff in 2011/12, of whom 98 had left by 31 March and 268 had scheduled leaving dates. This excludes the £0.2 million explained above.
All of these figures are shown in the Commission’s audited statutory accounts.
A copy of this letter will appear in Hansard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the monetary value was of the (a) basic pay including responsibility allowances, (b) bonus, (c) employer pension contribution, (d) hotel costs in London, (e) travel expenses, (f) hospitality expenses, (g) standard class return rail ticket each week to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the monetary value was of the (a) basic pay including responsibility allowances, (b) bonus, (c) employer pension contribution, (d) hotel costs in London, (e) travel expenses, (f) hospitality expenses, (g) standard class return rail ticket each week to...
[holding answer 5 September 2012]: This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the Controller of Audit at the Audit Commission to write to my hon. Friend direct.
I would add that the programme to end routine inspection and assessment, disband the Audit Commission and introduce a new local audit framework will save £650 million over the next five years.
Letter from Marcine Waterman, dated 13 September 2012:
Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply. I have extracted the information requested from the audited remuneration report included in the Audit Commission's annual report and accounts for 2011/12 laid before Parliament on 4 July 2012. I have summarised the information requested in the following table.
| £ | ||
| Item | 2010-11 | 2011-12 |
| (a)
Basic pay including responsibility
allowance | 183,000 | 182,000 |
| (b)
Bonus | — | — |
| (c)
Employee's and employer's pension
contributions | 44,000 | 44,000 |
| (d)
Hotel costs in
London | 17,140 | 11,506 |
| (e)
Other travel
expenses | 307 | 3,202 |
| (f)
Hospitality
expenses | — | — |
| (g)
Standard rail
costs | 8,438 | 6,786 |
| (h)
Other benefits in
kind | 0 | 0 |
| (i)
Transport
allowance | 4,070 | 4,070 |
| Total | 256,955 | 251,564 |
On (a), for both years, staff contribute to the Audit Commission Pension Scheme through a salary sacrifice scheme called SMARTpensions. This means that basic salaries are reduced in lieu of an increased employer contribution to the Pension Scheme. For 2010/11, the Chief Executive's salary was reduced by £13k. For 2011/12, the reduction was £14k. These amounts are included in the pension contribution figures, but have been removed from the basic salary figures.
The commission also paid £27,428 tax and NI in 2011/12 (2010/11 £32,512) for the Chief Executive's travel and subsistence costs.
The Chief Executive and Managing Directors are eligible for a lease car or a transport allowance of £4,070 (shown as (i) in the table). The Chief Executive opted for the transport allowance in 2010/11 and 2011/12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the Audit Commission's Government Procurement Card transaction data including value, date, merchant and merchant for each item of expenditure incurred in the last 36 months for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the Audit Commission's Government Procurement Card transaction data including value, date, merchant and merchant for each item of expenditure incurred in the last 36 months for which figures are...
This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to my hon. Friend direct.
Letter from Eugene Sullivan to Marcus Jones, dated 3 September 2012:
Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.
The list of transactions made by the Audit Commission on the Government Procurement Card for 2009/10, 2010/11 and 2011/12 will be placed in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total amount of (a) fraud, (b) overpayments and (c) errors detected by the National Fraud Initiative was in each year since its inception.
[112037]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total amount of (a) fraud, (b) overpayments and (c) errors detected by the National Fraud Initiative was in each year since its inception.
[112037]
This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to respond to the hon. Member direct.
I would add that it is our intention to continue with the National Fraud Initiative, notwithstanding the abolition of the Audit Commission. We are liaising with the National Fraud Authority and the Department for Work and Pensions on the matter.
Letter from Eugene Sullivan, dated 18 June 2012:
Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.
The Audit Commission has run the National Fraud Initiative to prevent and detect fraud, overpayments and errors since 1996. It initially applied only to England and Wales but was extended to Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2000/01 and is now run in partnership with Audit Scotland, the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Wales Audit Office. It runs on a two yearly cycle, so we cannot provide an annual breakdown of the amounts identified.
The NFI matches electronic data provided by local public bodies and other participants. Where the matching identifies anomalies that indicate potential fraud or overpayments, the matches are passed back to the participating bodies to investigate. They report the results of their investigations via the NFI's secure website and we report these results every two years in a national report. We published our report on the latest exercise, covering 2010/11, earlier this year in May.
To date the NFI has identified a total of £939 million fraud, overpayments and errors across the UK. This total includes actual fraud, errors and overpayments identified and estimates of expenditure that would have been incurred in future years had the fraud, errors or overpayments gone undetected.
We do not analyse reported outcomes between fraud, overpayments and errors as in our experience the categorisation by participants is not consistent. For example, whereas one body might classify something as a fraud on the basis of intent, another would classify it as a fraud only if the case had resulted in a prosecution for fraud.
The total outcomes for each two yearly exercise and the total cumulative outcomes since the NFI's inception in 1996 are summarised in the following table:
| Exercise | |||
| Coverage | Total
outcomes (£
million) | Cumulative
total outcomes (£
million) | |
| 1996 | England
and
Wales | 19 | 19 |
| 1998-99 | England
and
Wales | 42 | 61 |
| 2000-01 | UK | 54 | 115 |
| 2002-03 | UK | 83 | 198 |
| 2004-05 | UK | 111 | 309 |
| 2006-07 | UK | 140 | 449 |
| 2008-09 | UK | 215 | 664 |
| 2010-11 | UK | 275 | 939 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost was of the Audit Commission in each of the last 20 financial years.
[106770]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost was of the Audit Commission in each of the last 20 financial years.
[106770]
This is an operational matter for the Audit Commission and I have asked the chief executive of the Audit Commission to write to the right hon. Member direct.
Letter from Eugene Sullivan, dated 14 May 2012:
Your Parliamentary Question has been passed to me to reply.
The costs of the Commission include the costs of auditing local public bodies including those audited by private firms under contract to the Commission, the Commission's central costs and from 1998/99 to 2010/11 the costs of carrying out inspections and assessments of local public services and registered social landlords.
The cost of the Audit Commission in each of the last 20 financial years (taken from the Commission's annual accounts which are laid before Parliament each year) was:
| Financial
year | £000 |
| 1992/93 | 74,221 |
| 1993/94 | 82,740 |
| 1994/95 | 88,960 |
| 1995/96 | 92,592 |
| 1996/97 | 93,381 |
| 7
months to October
1997 | 60,676 |
| 1997/98 | 105,703 |
| 1998/99 | 111,620 |
| 1999/2000 | 144,145 |
| 2000/01 | 178,755 |
| 2001/02 | 214,032 |
| 17
months to March
2004 | 325,789 |
| 2004/05 | 234,801 |
| 2005/06 | 196,537 |
| 2006/07 | 219,605 |
| 2007/08 | 202,900 |
| 2008/09 | 204,777 |
| 2009/101 | 222,520 |
| 2010/112 | 206,116 |
| 2011/123 | 162,457 |
| 1
Includes redundancy costs of £5.3
million. 2 Includes redundancy costs of £25.8 million. 3 Unaudited draft annual accounts, including estimated redundancy costs of £20.0 million. |
The Commission changed its financial year end in 1997 from March to October. So there are a set of accounts for the period 1 April to 31 October 1997 and a set from 1 November to 31 October 1998. Our financial year end was changed again in 2004, so the period 2002-2004 is for 17 months, from 1 November 2002 to 31 March 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to the Audit Commission of each event to mark its 25th anniversary was; and where each such event took place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to the Audit Commission of each event to mark its 25th anniversary was; and where each such event took place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Burton of 22 June 2011, Official Report, column 278W, on accommodation: public finance, whether the cost of accommodation for the Audit Commission's Chief Executive included the cost of any goods...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Burton of 22 June 2011, Official Report, column 278W, on accommodation: public finance, whether the cost of accommodation for the Audit Commission's Chief Executive included the cost of any goods...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what transactions have been made on his Department's Government Procurement Card by each card-holding director and board member of the Audit Commission since 2006-07; and what the (a) supplier, (b) date, (c) amount and (d) name of the card...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what transactions have been made on his Department's Government Procurement Card by each card-holding director and board member of the Audit Commission since 2006-07; and what the (a) supplier, (b) date, (c) amount and (d) name of the card...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, columns 830-1W, on Audit Commission: allowances, if he will publish a breakdown of the hospitality expenses, including venue, individual cost, purpose and attendees, for each of the directors with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 16 February 2011, Official Report, columns 830-1W, on Audit Commission: allowances, if he will publish a breakdown of the hospitality expenses, including venue, individual cost, purpose and attendees, for each of the directors with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings the Audit Commission has had with representatives of (a) the Labour party and (b) Her Majesty's Opposition since May 2010; and on what dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings the Audit Commission has had with representatives of (a) the Labour party and (b) Her Majesty's Opposition since May 2010; and on what dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Audit Commission spent on photography from Frank Noon in the last three years; and (a) on what dates and (b) for what functions Frank Noon was commissioned to take photographs during that period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Audit Commission spent on photography from Frank Noon in the last three years; and (a) on what dates and (b) for what functions Frank Noon was commissioned to take photographs during that period.
| Function | Total (£) | |
| 21 April 2008 | The Reform Club, London—event to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Audit Commission. Attended by senior stakeholders, including Lord Heseltine, and long-serving members of staff. Photographs taken for internal communication purposes. | 255.80 |
| 23 July 2008 | Lancaster House, London—Audit Commission's Annual Lecture given by Lord Heseltine. Photographs taken for Annual Lecture transcript document and for internal communication purposes. | 205.80 |
| 30 April 2009 | British Library, London—Appointed Auditors conference, presentation of two annual awards. Photographs for award winners and internal communication purposes. | 200.80 |
| 4 November 2009 | One Great George Street, London—Alumni event. Photographs taken for internal communication purposes and alumni newsletter. | 230.80 |
| 10 November 2009 | Savoy Place, London—Seminar for past and present senior staff to discuss issues affecting the public sector. Photographs taken for internal communication purposes and alumni newsletter. | 230.80 |
| 7 December 2009 | St Martins in the Field, London—press launch for the: Oneplace website. Photographs taken for internal communication purposes. | 250.00 |
| 10 March 2010 | Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury—Discussion event to improve arrangements for staff working part-time or flexible hours. Photographs taken for internal communication purposes. | 232.20 |
| 21 April 2010 | The Welcome Collection, London—Appointed Auditors conference. Photographs for award winners and internal communication purposes. | 205.60 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff of the Audit Commission were disciplined for misuse or abuse of the Government Procurement Card between 2005-06 and 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff of the Audit Commission were disciplined for misuse or abuse of the Government Procurement Card between 2005-06 and 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cannock Chase of 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 526W, on the Audit Commission: expenditure, what the (a) date, (b) venue and (c) cost to the public purse has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cannock Chase of 31 January 2011, Official Report, column 526W, on the Audit Commission: expenditure, what the (a) date, (b) venue and (c) cost to the public purse has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cannock Chase of 1 February 2011, Official Report, column 740W, on the Audit Commission: expenditure, if he will place in the Library a copy of each bespoke photography image purchased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cannock Chase of 1 February 2011, Official Report, column 740W, on the Audit Commission: expenditure, if he will place in the Library a copy of each bespoke photography image purchased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on the Audit Commission, what the business case was for the expenditure by the Commission of the Board on a dinner at Bentley's Seafood Restaurant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on the Audit Commission, what the business case was for the expenditure by the Commission of the Board on a dinner at Bentley's Seafood Restaurant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Audit Commission spent on the purchase of flowers for display between January 2007 and May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Audit Commission spent on the purchase of flowers for display between January 2007 and May 2010.
| £ | |||||
| Office | January to December 2007 | January to December 2008 | January to December 2009 | January to May 2010 | Total |
| London | 1,710.00 | 1,560.00 | 1,559.88 | 649.95 | 5,479.83 |
| Bristol | 122.81 | 418.34 | 198.22 | 15.93 | 755.30 |
| Leicester | ¹— | ¹— | 300.00 | 0.00 | 300.00 |
| Total | 1,832.81 | 1,978.34 | 2,058.10 | 665.88 | 6,535.13 |
| ¹ Records no longer available |
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on the Audit Commission, if he will place in the Library a copy of the itemised bill for the Audit Commission Board dinner at Bentley's Seafood restaurant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 3 May 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on the Audit Commission, if he will place in the Library a copy of the itemised bill for the Audit Commission Board dinner at Bentley's Seafood restaurant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 105W, on the Audit Commission: consultants, what the name is of each councillor paid by the Audit Commission for consultancy work in the last three years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2011, Official Report, column 105W, on the Audit Commission: consultants, what the name is of each councillor paid by the Audit Commission for consultancy work in the last three years for which...
| £ | ||||
| Amount paid | ||||
| Name | 2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | Total |
| Alan Jarrett | 0.00 | 613.09 | 602.80 | 1,215.89 |
| Andrew Judge | 3,869.10 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,869.10 |
| Ann Hartley | 0.00 | 70.00 | 323.40 | 393.40 |
| Chris Roberts | 38.90 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 38.90 |
| Christine Channon | 906.80 | 170.79 | 300.00 | 1,377.59 |
| David Dixon | 4,109.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4,109.04 |
| David Williams | 4,302.19 | 808.21 | 776.00 | 5,886.40 |
| Gareth Barnard (Dr) | 0.00 | 2,632.18 | 918.70 | 3,550.88 |
| Geoff Williams | 672.00 | . 0.00 | 0,00 | 672.00 |
| Glen Sanderson | 10,665.91 | 980.70 | 2,912.90 | 14,559.51 |
| Graham Chapman | 0.00 | 351.70 | 4,950.12 | 5,301.82 |
| Jane Evison | 399.62 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 399.62 |
| Jeremy Hilton | 3,964.32 | 650.12 | 1,685.93 | 6,300.37 |
| Jerry Roodhouse | 3,217.90 | 900.00 | 527.00 | 4,644.90 |
| John Kent | 0.00 | 1,057.80 | 527.00 | 1,584.80 |
| John Whelan | 3,984.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3,984.80 |
| Jon Collins | 8,756.47 | 150.00 | 327.50 | 9,233.97 |
| Malcolm Grimston | 0.00 | 3,256.46 | 2,060,17 | 5,316.63 |
| Marco Longhi | 17,378.50 | 2,607.84 | 2,046.00 | 22,032.34 |
| Mike Parsons | 523.92 | 0.00 | 0,00 | 523.92 |
| Paul Crossley | 5,867.14 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,867.14 |
| Paul Godwin | 1,519.46 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,519.46 |
| Peter Box | 5,275.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,275.00 |
| Robert Light | 4,609.63 | 1,237.40 | 0.00 | 5,847.03 |
| Roger Lawrence | 132.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 132.00 |
| Roy Mayhew | 314.48 | 0,00 | 0.00 | 314.48 |
| Susan Dungworth | 7,124.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 7,124.50 |
| Terry Shields | 4,610.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4,610.40 |
| Terry Stacy | 4,856.10 | 177.80 | 100.40 | 5,134.30 |
| Tony Newman | 0.00 | 0.00 | 414.20 | 414.20 |
| Trevor Jones | 0.00 | 184.24 | 300.00 | 484.24 |
| Tudor Evans | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1,511.91 | 1,511.91 |
| Alan Connett | 0.00 | 446.03 | 73.40 | 519.43 |
| John Commons | 0.00 | 1,416.23 | 1,200.00 | 2,616.23 |
| Clyde Loakes | 0.00 | 446.60 | 0.00 | 446.60 |
| Sue Derbyshire | 0.00 | 749.60 | 478,80 | 1,228.40 |
| Stephen Knight | 0.00 | 423.40 | 0.00 | 423.40 |
| P D Bettison | 5,380.21 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 5,380.21 |
| Menhoob Khan | 0.00 | 407.16 | 0,00 | 407.16 |
| Chris Pattison | 11,600.08 | 437.00 | 0.00 | 12,037.08 |
| 114,078.47 | 20,174.35 | 22,036.23 | 156,289.05 |