Public Audit Forum - What public sector bodies can expect from their auditors (March 2000)

Public Audit ForumWhat Public Sector Bodiescan expect from their AuditorsMARCH 2000THE PUBLIC AUDIT FORUMPublic sector audit has a key part to play in safeguarding public money,ensuring proper accountability, upholding proper standards of conductin public services and helping public services achieve value for money.The Public Audit Forum was established in 1998 by the four national auditagencies, that is the National Audit Office (NAO), the Northern Ireland AuditOffice (NIAO), the Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the NationalHealth Service in England and Wales, and the Accounts Commission forScotland. It brings together the audit agencies on a purely advisory basis toprovide a focus for developmental thinking about public audit. It has a remit tobuild on the existing co-operation between the national audit agencies toenhance the efficiency and effectiveness of public audit, to provide a strategicfocus on issues cutting across their work and to help develop commonstandards for public audit.A key element in the Forum is a consultative forum which draws on theexperience and expertise of public auditors, the bodies they audit, the auditingprofession and the wider community. The membership is set out overleaf.The Public Audit Forum has published the following reports to date:The Principles of Public Audit – a statement by the Public Audit Forumu(October 1998)The Service which Auditees can Expect from Public Auditors – auconsultation ...