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  2. Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 4 for 2021/22

    27 June 2022

    PSAA has published its Contract Monitoring Data Pack: Quarter 4 for 2021/22. The pack provides updated information regarding audit opinions as of 31 March 2022. The main headlines for this quarter include the growing backlog of unfinished audits, with over 40% of opted-in bodies preparing their 2021/22 financial statements with the prior year not completed. This […]

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  3. Audit Quality Monitoring Report for the 2019/20 audits

    5 April 2022

    PSAA has published its Audit Quality Monitoring Report for the 2019/20 audits. It covers the work of local auditors appointed by PSAA for the 2019/20 financial year. Information is provided from quality monitoring arrangements throughout the year. The report brings together the information from the survey, the results of professional regulation and contractual compliance into […]

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  4. Prospectus and procurement strategy and invitation to eligible bodies to opt in from April 2023

    23 September 2021

    On 22 September 2021 PSAA invited all principal local government including police and fire bodies to become opted-in authorities. At the same time it published its procurement strategy and prospectus for the national scheme from April 2023.  Both documents have evolved in response to the feedback provided by the market engagement exercise and consultation on the draft prospectus undertaken […]

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  5. PSAA response to MHCLG (now DLUHC) Local Audit Framework: Technical Consultation

    23 September 2021

    PSAA has responded to the DLUHC* consultation on the Local Audit Framework Local audit framework: technical consultation. It covered ‘proposals to implement the independent Redmond Review of local authority financial reporting and external audit.’ It builds on Department’s Spring Report Local authority financial reporting and external audit: Spring update *MHCLG at the time of issue.

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  6. Client feedback on their audits of 2019/20 accounts

    14 September 2021

    PSAA has published the findings of its survey of audited bodies’ feedback on their audits of 2019/20 accounts. The survey results provide feedback as to how auditors have managed their relationships with audited bodies. The effectiveness of relationship management is one of the measures used to monitor the quality of audit services provided.

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  7. Consultations on plans for the second appointing period

    27 August 2021

    PSAA has published a report detailing responses to its consultation plans for the second appointing period for the national scheme for local auditor appointments. The two important consultations gathered feedback on proposals for the national scheme of local auditor appointments from 2023/4, consulting with eligible bodies and other stakeholders on the draft prospectus for the national scheme […]

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  9. 2021/22 scale of fees

    29 March 2021

    PSAA has published the scale of audit fees for 2021/22 audits for bodies that have opted into its national auditor appointment scheme. The scale fees for individual opted-in bodies are now available to view on the 2021/22 scale of fees page with a summary of the consultation responses.

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