Mr J Cross
By e-mail to:
request-1046-
Direct Line
+44 (0)20 7798 7120
[email address]
Direct Fax
+44 (0)20 7798 7070
Email
jill.goldsmith
@nao.gsi.gov.uk
Room
ELIZABETH 2
Reference
FOI-306
Date
8 July 2008
Dear Mr Cross
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST
Thank you for your e-mail dated 8 July in which you requested information about inspection periods
falling between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2010 relating to the Accounts and Audit
Regulations 2003. This request has been handled under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The National Audit Office does not hold any information relevant to your request. You may be
interested to know that the Comptroller and Auditor General, who is the head of the National Audit
Office, is responsible for the audit of central government. The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003
relate to local government. The Audit Commission is responsible for the audit of local government.
They can be contacted at the following address:
Audit Commission
1st Floor, Millbank Tower
Millbank
London
SW1P 4HQ
I hope you find this helpful. Annex A to this letter sets out the steps you should take if you are not
satisfied with the way in which we have handled your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000.
Yours sincerely
Jill Goldsmith
Director, Corporate Affairs
Annex A
Statement of Policy
Our policy is to respond to requests made under the Freedom of Information Act as helpfully and
promptly as possible, having regard to the principles set out in the Act. I therefore hope you are
happy with the way we have handled your request of information under the Freedom of Information
Act. If you are not then you should take the following steps.
In the first instance, write to me asking for an internal review of the way we handled your request.
I will arrange such a review, which will be conducted by a senior member of staff who was not
involved in decisions relating to your original request. Once the review has been completed we will
write to you with the outcome.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly
to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted
at:
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF.
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