Issue - meetings

To submit –

·       The Statement of Accounts post-audit;

·       The Wales Audit Office’s report;

·       Letter of representation.

To receive and approve the report on behalf of the Auditor General for Wales, to approve the 2021-22 accounts, and to authorise the Chair to sign the letter of representation on behalf of the Joint Committee.

The report was presented by the Head of Finance Department who confirmed that the Members of the Joint Committee had already received the information in draft form (13 July), but an Officer from Audit Wales had now approved the accounts.  He referred to three corrections that had been made to the accounts during the audit, these were highlighted in Appendix 3 as follows:

Updating the number of staff in some pay bands

Grant funding amounts – in which lines they appear within the accounts (see the explanation)

A couple of typos, which have now been corrected.

The Audit Wales Officer elaborated on the above, and confirmed that the report showed a clear and fair picture, drawing attention to the following matters:

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She confirmed that they were not matters of significance, and that there were no misstatements.

Thanks were expressed for the detailed reports and for the joint-working. 

RESOLVED

To accept and approve the report on behalf of the Auditor General for Wales, to approve the 2021/22 accounts, and to authorise the Chair to sign the letter of representation on behalf of the Joint Committee.