Information Services Directorate
Library
Mr. John Walker
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom
Email:
[University of East Anglia request email]
Tel: +44 (0) 1603 593 523
15 January 2010
Fax: +44 (0) 1603 591 010
Web: http://www.uea.ac.uk
Dear Mr. Walker
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST
(Our Ref: FOI_09-201)
Your request for information received on 26 December 2009 has now been considered
and the information requested is enclosed herewith. For your convenience, I have
reproduced your request in the attachment to this letter and provided our response in
line with each question. I trust this will be to your satisfaction.
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the condition that you will comply with all relevant copyright rules regarding reproduction
and/or transmission of the information released.
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University of East Anglia
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NR4 7TJ
Telephone: 0160 359 3523
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Yours sincerely
Raymond Scott
Strategy Development Manager
University of East Anglia
Response to Freedom of Information request (FOI_09-201)
The CRU receives money in the form of grants etc.
Please explain how this money is accounted for and give details of the checks and
balances that are in place to ensure that this money is properly spent.
How is this money audited?
University projects are accounted for in line with UK Generally Accounted Accounting
Practise (UK GAAP), with income recognised in line with the appropriate expenditure
incurred by the project. At a University level, this is audited by the external auditors as
part of the University's financial statements.
All projects are administered in line with the University's financial regulations, which may
be found here:
http://www.uea.ac.uk/polopoly_fs/1.92953!finregs2.pdf.The University's
internal audit function also includes projects as part of its remit, and documents and
interrogates the internal administration of projects.
Further to this, a project may have additional requirements placed upon it by the funder,
which will be stipulated in the contract at award. Such requirements vary, from the need
to have the project signed off by a third party auditor, to some with no requirements at
all.