Objections to the financial accounts

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Research for Action

Dear Salford City Council,

The Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 provides local electors with the right to object to an item of their local authority's financial accounts. In relation to all the objections received between 2015 and 2020 (including objections to the 2014/15 accounts) please provide the following information in Excel spreadsheet format.

Please use the list below as column headers and compile the data for each objection in a separate row.

1. Objection reference no.
2. Date the objection was received
3. Financial year the objection relates to
4. Subject of the objection
5. Auditor who dealt with the objection (company name)
6. Did the objector ask for a referral to the High Court or a Public Interest Report, or both?
7. Was the objection accepted as valid?
8. If not, why?
9. Has the auditor provided a final response to the objection?
10. If yes, please indicate the date of the final response.
11. Was a public interest report issued?
12. Was a referral made to the High Court?
13. If so, what was the High Court’s decision?
14. Were any other recommendations made or actions taken by the auditor under the powers set out in Section 24 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act?
15. How much was the council charged by the auditor to carry out work in relation to the objection?

Kind regards,

Ludovica Rogers

Research for Action

Dear Salford City Council,
I have not yet received an acknowledgement of my FOI request.
Could you kindly confirm that it is being processed and that I will receive a response by the deadline of 19 January.
Kind regards,
Ludovica Rogers

infogovernance, Salford City Council

Hi Ludovica,

We have received your request and it has been assigned to an officer for completion.

Kind regards

Matthew Hindle
Principal Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Legal and Governance
Salford City Council
[Salford City Council request email]

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Research for Action

Dear Salford Council,
Could you kindly update me on the status of my FOI request?
I should have received a response by 19 January 2021.
Kind regards,
Ludovica Rogers

Heeran, Carmel, Salford City Council

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Dear Ludovica

 

Please find attached the response to your FOI request.

 

Kind regards

 

 

Carmel

 

Carmel Heeran

 

Principal Information Governance Officer

 

Salford City Council

Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton, Salford, M27 5DA

 

 

 

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