Consultation outcome

Review of local authority financial reporting and external audit: call for views

• From: Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (2018 to 2021)
• Published: 17 September 2019
• Last updated: 8 September 2020 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Applies to England

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

Sir Tony Redmond’s independent review has published its final report, along with a number of annexes which includes a list of call for views respondents.

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Original consultation

Summary

The independent review led by Sir Tony Redmond is seeking views on the quality of local authority financial reporting and external audit.

This consultation ran from
9am on 17 September 2019 to 5pm on 20 December 2019

Consultation description

This call for views, for Sir Tony Redmond’s review of local authority financial reporting and external audit, invites views, information and evidence on, in particular:

• definitions of audit and its users
• the expectation gap
• audit and wider assurance
• the governance framework
• audit product and quality
• auditor reporting
• how local authorities respond to audit findings
• the financial reporting framework

The call for views is aimed at anyone with a direct or indirect interest in local authority audit and financial reporting.

Documents

Independent review into the arrangements in place to support the transparency and quality of local authority financial reporting and external audit in England: call for views

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Published 17 September 2019
Last updated 8 September 2020 + show all updates

1. 8 September 2020

   Added outcome.

2. 5 November 2019

   Closing date has been extended to 20 December 2019.

3. 17 September 2019

   First published.