Local Audit Liaison Committee
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), has convened the Local Audit Liaison Committee following the recommendation from Sir Tony Redmond’s Review to establish a committee comprising key stakeholders, reinforcing the governance arrangements, and to support the regulator on the development of local audit.
The overall aim of the committee will be to ensure a joined-up response to the challenges and emerging priorities across local audit. This will be chaired by DLUHC in the interim until the new system leader is established.
Roles and responsibilities
Committee members will be expected to represent their organisations by providing feedback on thematic elements related to the local audit system and tracking progress of actions identified at committee. Specifically, the committee will be able to:
- ensure coordination across different parties and
- identify and act on risks and issues as they emerge
The committee’s discussions and recommendations will operate in a transparent manner, with the minutes of meetings published.
Membership of the committee
The committee currently includes members from the following organisations:
- DLUHC (Chair)
- National Audit Office (Comptroller and Auditor General)
- Public Sector Audit Appointments (PSAA)
- Financial Reporting Council (FRC)
- Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA)
- Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
- NHS England and NHS Improvement
- Department for Health and Social Care
- Department for Business and Trade
- HM Treasury
- Home Office
- Department for Environment, Food Rural and Agriculture
- Local Government Association
The committee can choose to invite representatives from other government departments or the sector to attend as they see appropriate.
Terms of reference
Minutes of the committee
Memorandum of Understanding between the Financial Reporting Council and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Previous relevant publications
- to the Liaison Committee updating on work across the local audit system
- Local authority financial reporting and external audit: independent review
- Local authority financial reporting and external audit: government response to the Redmond review
- Local authority financial reporting and external audit: Spring update
- Consultation on allocation of £15 million to local bodies for audit
- Amendments to local audit fee setting arrangements
- Local audit framework: technical consultation
- Measures to improve local audit delays
- Changes to the smaller authorities’ local audit and accountability framework
- Review of local authority financial reporting and external audit: terms of reference
- Local audit framework replacing the Audit Commission