Publications

These reports cover a variety of topics which may be of interest to you.

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If you would like to access a publication dated pre-2010, you can do this by viewing old versions of our reports on the UK web archive [opens in new window]. You can also contact us direct and we will be happy to provide you with an electronic copy.

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Useful resources

Annual Plan 2018-19
Fee Scheme 2018-19
Access rights of the Auditor General for Wales
Code of Audit Practice

Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18

14 Jun 2018 - 12:03am

The Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2018 has been jointly prepared, and is laid before the National Assembly for Wales, by the Auditor General for Wales and the Chair of the Wales Audit Office.

The Welsh Government’s relationship with Pinewood

12 Jun 2018 - 9:00am

Our review examined the Welsh Government’s relationship with Pinewood.

Access rights of the Auditor General for Wales

8 Jun 2018 - 3:08pm

The Auditor General’s access rights are critical in enabling public bodies to be held to account through audit. 

Powys Teaching Health Board – Review of Follow-up Outpatients – Assessment of Progress

30 May 2018 - 12:01pm

As part of the Audit Plan for 2016, the Auditor General included local work to track progress made by the Health Board in addressing the recommendations made in the 2015 Review of Follow-up Outpatient Appointments.

Strategic Commissioning of Accommodation Services for Adults with Learning Disabilities

24 May 2018 - 12:01am

This review has focussed on assessing if local authorities have effective approaches to commissioning accommodation for adults with learning disabilities (those aged over 16).

Reflecting on Year One

10 May 2018 - 12:01am

How have public bodies responded to the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015?

Code of Audit Practice

1 May 2018 - 9:51am

The Code prescribes the way in which the Auditor General’s audit and certain other functions are to be exercised, and embodies what appears to the Auditor General to be best professional practice.

Hywel Dda University Health Board – Follow-up Information Backup, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, and Data Quality: Update on Progress

30 Apr 2018 - 12:00am

As part of the Audit Plan for 2017, the Auditor General included local work to provide an updated position on recommendations from our IT reports undertaken between 2012 and 2015.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board – Structured Assessment 2017

27 Apr 2018 - 8:00am

Our 2017 structured assessment work has reviewed aspects of the Health Board’s corporate governance and financial management arrangements and, in particular, the progress made in addressing the previous year’s recommendations.

Speak my language: Overcoming language and communication barriers in public services

26 Apr 2018 - 12:01am

This report looks at how public bodies, particularly local government and NHS bodies providing front-line services, provide interpretation and translation services for BSL and other languages to enable people facing these communication barriers to access services.

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