Audit Commission Letter regarding Comprehensive Area Assessment - CAA
Minutes:
(The Chairman agreed to the consideration of this item as a matter of urgency to be considered, to inform those charged with Governance and to ensure that the Audit Board was aware of the contents of the letter from the Audit Commission.)
The Chairman welcomed Ms. J. Hill and Ms. J. Matheson, from the Audit Commission, to the meeting.
Ms. Hill thanked Members for the inclusion of the item. She then informed Members that the letter highlighted how the Audit Commission proposed to bring work on Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA) to a conclusion in light of the new government's recent announcement. Members were advised that all work on updating the area assessment and organisational assessment would cease with immediate effect. The Audit Commission would not issue new scores for the use of resources assessments, the managing performance assessments or the overall organisational assessments for 2010. Ms. Hill highlighted that the Audit Commission Fees Letter would be revised to reflect the cessation of CAA and would be presented to the next Audit Board meeting.
RESOLVED that the contents of the Audit Commission letter regarding the cessation of Comprehensive Area Assessment and the notification of the revised Audit Commission Fees Letter be noted.