Have your say on the Code of Audit Practice of the Auditor General for Wales

Our consultation on the revision of the Code of Audit Practice of the Auditor General for Wales is now open. This consultation invites views and comments on the proposed changes.

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New study launched to look at council income generation

Have your say as a small business or service user in our national survey.

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2014-15 Local Government Accounts

Local government bodies generally prepared good quality financial statements on time. However an increased number of statements required material amendment and auditors reported concerns to a few bodies about the quality of supporting working papers
 

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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

From all of us here at the Wales Audit Office, we wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

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A Picture of Public Services: What does the report say?

The Auditor General urges public services to radically change if they are to meet the challenges they face now and in the future.

But how? Our video tells you more.

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Progress being made but pace of public services change ‘stil...

Auditor General urges public services to increase the scale and pace of transformation

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Pembrokeshire County Council recognises that it needs a new ...

And improved arrangements to deliver its priorities. 

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Delivering with less – Leisure Services

Some councils still too slow to realise opportunities to reduce expenditure on leisure services and need to consider alternative models of delivery to reduce cost.

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Anglesey County Council making progress in strengthening arr...

But more needs to be done to use staff and other resources more strategically 

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Wales Audit Office publishes review on progress to its appro...

First joint report by the Auditor General for Wales and Wales Audit Office highlights good progress in meeting objectives of Joint Strategic Equality Plan

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Survey launched on audited bodies’ linguistic preferences

We’ve issued a language preference survey asking our audited bodies to state in which language they would prefer to receive documents and services from us.

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Planning services - Reports released for Wales’ 3 National P...

We have carried out work at all three national park authorities in Wales to assess the extent to which they were delivering efficient planning services with less money.

 

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The Welsh public sector needs to shift its focus to maintain...

Many preventative services are undervalued, raising concerns that demand for health and social services will continue to rise

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How safe is your community?

Citizen survey launched into community safety.

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Community and Town councils in Wales show improvement in del...

But despite this the number of qualified audit opinions and failures in financial governance remains too high

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Staff team get ready to take on the Welsh Coastal Path Chall...

Some of our colleagues in the Wales Audit Office are attempting to walk the entire coastal path of Wales this weekend in aid of the charity, Cross Roads Care.

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