Issue - meetings

To consider and make any comments on the Local Audit Strategy Consultation Draft Response on behalf of Spelthorne Borough Council.

Terry Collier, Deputy Chief Executive introduced this item which detailed plans set out in the recent letter from Jim McMahon OBE MP, Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, who announced the launch of a new strategy to overhaul the local audit system in England. The letter emphasised the importance of stakeholder participation in the consultation process for the proposed local audit reforms. The consultation aimed to gather professional insights and feedback on the potential delivery of local audit through a mixed market, which would combine private and public audit services. This consultation was open for six weeks, ending on January 29, 2025. The Council had prepared a draft response on the Local Audit Strategy Consultation which featured 32 questions.

The Committee agreed that the document of our draft responses to the consultation were well reasoned and noted that any additional comments can be communicated during the process.

The Committee resolved to note the Local Audit Strategy Consultation draft response on behalf of Spelthorne Borough Council.