Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services.

The report informs Members on the transitional arrangements for procuring external audit services from April 2017. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has decided to extend the transitional arrangement for principal local government bodies (including Stockport Council) to 1 April 2018. Once the transitional audit arrangements come to an end, local public sector bodies will have the power to appoint their own auditors.

The Audit Committee is asked to note the contents of the update report. 

Officer Contact: John Pearsall on Tel: 0161 474 4033 or email: john.pearsall@stockport.gov.uk.

A representative of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) informing members on the transitional arrangements for procuring external audit services from April 2017. The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government had decided to extend the transitional arrangements for principal local government bodies (including Stockport Council) to 1 April 2018. Once the transitional audit arrangements came to an end, local public sector bodies would have the power to appoint their own auditors.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.