Audit Commission
The Audit Commission is an independent organisation that was established for the purpose of monitoring local government organisations to ensure they operate efficiently and provide value for money. The Commission are responsible for appointing auditors to undertake an external examination of our accounts and financial affairs. They routinely produce reports which highlight various aspects of the work we do as an emergency service and the services we provide.
In order to assist with this effort we work closely with auditors from the Commission, each year providing them with the information they need to carry out their assessments.
The relationship between our Service and the Audit Commission is governed by a Code of Practice and Statement of Responsibilities. These document are available on the Audit Commission website and can be found by following the links below.
Shropshire and Wrekin Fire Authority Audit of Accounts Notice of Public Rights
Audit Commission Act 1998 – Sections 15 and 16 Accounts and Audit (England) Regulation 2011 - Regulations 9,10,21,22 and 23
Notice is given that from 27 June to 25 July 2011, between 9.00 am and 5.00 pm Mondays to Thursdays (4.00 p.m. on Fridays) any person interested may inspect, and make copies of, the accounts of the above-named body for the year ended 31 March 2011 and of all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating thereto. The accounts and other documents will be available for inspection at the offices at which they are normally kept, or otherwise by arrangement. Application should be made initially to Financial Services, Brigade Headquarters, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, St Michael’s Street, Shrewsbury SY1 2HJ (telephone number: 01743 260200).
Notice is also given that on or after 26 July 2011 at 10.00 am until the completion of the audit, the Auditor, at the request of a local government elector for any area to which the accounts relate, will give the elector or his representative an opportunity to question him about the accounts, and make objections as to any matter in respect of which the Auditor could take action under Section 15 or 16 of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (namely an unlawful item of account, failure to bring a sum into account, or a loss or deficiency caused by wilful misconduct), or could make a report in the public interest under section 8 of that Act.
Questions may be received at Brigade Headquarters, St Michael’s Street, Shrewsbury SY1 2HJ, by arrangement with the Auditor (Mr G Patterson, District Auditor, Opus House, Priestly Court, Staffordshire Technology Park, Beaconside, Stafford, ST18 0LQ; telephone number 0844 798 6661; email g-patterson [at] audit [dot] commission [dot] gov [dot] uk), to whom requests for this purpose should be addressed. No objection may be made unless the Auditor has previously received written notice of the proposed objection and its grounds. A copy of the notice must be sent to the address below.
Dated this 2nd day of June 2011
Keith Dixon, Treasurer, Fire Service Headquarters, Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service, St Michael’s Street, Shrewsbury SY1 2HJ.
