This edition of our quarterly e-bulletin includes last month’s Public Accounts Committee evidence session on audit timeliness, our Business Plan, our Audit Quality Monitoring Report for 2022, and a summary of local audit news from elsewhere, including an important opportunity for you to have a say on how the Whole of Government Accounts process could […]
We are pleased to present our Annual Quality Monitoring Report for 2022. This covers the work of local auditors appointed by PSAA for the 2020/21 financial year, and is the third consecutive report undertaken during challenging times for all local audit stakeholders. We provide information from our quality monitoring arrangements on a quarterly basis throughout the […]
2022 has been another very difficult year for local audit in England. It is important that PSAA gathers and understands the views of opted-in bodies on their audit experience over the last 12 months. PSAA’s annual survey is designed to obtain this feedback and is a key part of our Quality Monitoring and Reporting Framework. […]
We have published our Business Plan up to 31 March 2025. It covers who we are, what we do, and how we will continue to carry out the role of the Appointing Person through the delivery of a programme of work over the next two years. Local Audit as a sector is facing significant challenges […]
PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 3 for 2022/23. We produce quarterly reports on our contracted firms, building up information as the year progresses. The data pack covers audit opinions, approved fee variations and electors’ objections as at 31 December 2022. The fact that only 12% of audit opinions met the publishing […]
We have published updates to our auditor appointment directories for 2020/21, 2021/22 and 2022/23 following our January updates from our audit suppliers. List of auditor appointments and scale fees – PSAA
PSAA welcomes the NAO’s Progress update: Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England. We strongly support the call for urgent solutions and the need for radical changes in the local audit system. As outlined in our press release announcing the outcome of our procurement of audit services in 2022 we hope that […]
Our first e-bulletin of 2023 looks forward and reflects on the final months of 2022. It includes an update from our November Advisory Panel, our forthcoming Annual Quality Monitoring Report and client survey, and a roundup of news from elsewhere. Last year’s procurement of local audit services was a tense and testing experience, further evidencing […]
PSAA has published its Directory of Auditor Appointments from 2023/24 following the completion of the 2022 procurement. The Board agreed the appointments at its meeting on 16 December 2022.
This year’s position on delayed audit opinions underscores the scale of the huge challenge that local audit is facing. At the publishing date of 30 November 2022, only 12% of local government bodies’ 2021/22 audit opinions have been given. Although this is slightly higher than last year’s 9%, this year’s publishing date is two months […]