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capacity as auditors
George Cant made this Freedom of Information request to Audit Commission
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From: George Cant
28 September 2009
Dear Sir or Madam,
Looking for the professional capacity of the District auditors as a
body in relation to investigating councils. ( north east
Lincolnshire since 2000 )
Can I have the answers to these questions for as long back as you
hold the data
What is the professional capacity of the district office in
relation to investigating;
1.Legal qualifications 2.Accountancy qualifications 3.Other
suitable Professional experience. 4. investigative experience
As a pet project I also ask government departments the following
1.Use of solace ( society of local chief executives ), does your
organisation deal with these, if so, for what capacity and when. If
you have used solace for wage / position changes, please can you
provide me the details of who, when, and what was the wages before
hand.
2.As an estimate percentage. How many employees of your office did
not previously hold government or council positions. ( how many of
you have experience in the private sector )
Can you give me an example of the three highest wages in your
office and tell me what them jobs are.
Yours faithfully,
George Cant
From: Freedom of Information
Audit Commission
14 October 2009
Dear Mr Cant
Following our phone conversation today I am writing to acknowledge receipt
of your request for information.
Your request has been assigned and referenced RFI 1167 , for efficiency
please note this reference number on all correspondence.
The Audit Commission is committed to the principles of the Freedom of
Information Act (FoIA) and will wherever possible provide all the
information requested unless constrained by another statute or by an
exemption within the FoIA. Please note that some information you have
requested may not be provided to you; this will only be information that
can be withheld by law. In which case the reasons will be explained to you
along with your copy of any information that can be released to you.
Your request was received by the Audit Commission on 28 September 2009, it
is being considered and you will receive a response within the statutory
timescale of 20 working days from receipt of the request, as defined by
the FoIA. That date is 26 October 2009.
The Audit Commission may need to contact you if the request needs to be
clarified; this is to ensure that we provide you with the information you
require
In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with your request.
I again apologise for the delay in this acknowledgement.
Yours sincerely
Shaun Kavanagh
Public Enquiries Officer
part of the Chief Executive's Office
? Audit Commission
Westward House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8SR
( 0844 798 7961
E 07967 565735
? [1][email address]
i For Freedom of Information (FOI) requests please email
[2][Audit Commission request email]
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From: Freedom of Information
Audit Commission
26 October 2009
<<20091026 1440 resonse RFI 1167.pdf>>
Dear Mr Cant
Please see attached the Audit Commission response to your request for
information RFI 1167.
Yours sincerely
Shaun Kavanagh
Public Enquiries Officer
part of the Chief Executive's Office
? Audit Commission
Westward House
Lime Kiln Close
Stoke Gifford
Bristol
BS34 8SR
( 0844 798 7961
E 07967 565735
? [1][email address]
i For Freedom of Information (FOI) requests please email
[2][Audit Commission request email]
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From: George Cant
11 January 2010
Dear Freedom of Information,
Hi could you explain this a bit more clear.
2. In what capacity has the Audit Commission dealt with the Society
of Local Chief Executives
(SOLACE)
You state --------
Solace is a membership body that we have some dealings with. Some
staff maybe members,
but we don't use them for any form of consultancy or advisory
services.
--------
My question is what dealings do you have with them.
Yours sincerely,
George Cant
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K Hodgkinson left an annotation (22 October 2009)
And the Audit Commission appears not to either!
It appears to be believed by large numbers of internal and external auditors that if more than one person is on the electoral register for an address, there is no entitlement to a 25% discount! I know this is unbelievable, but since they even told Parliament this it is crystal clear they have been making this mistake (unless they set out deliberately to misinform Parliament)
Worse, even auditors refuse to accept that this is a false belief even when you quote Audit Commission admissions that it is false to them! They have been told the opposite for so long via circulars and data matching output that the false belief is difficult to shift.
So membership of the IRRV would appear to be a useful qualification and one that should be on your list.
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