Corporate report

Accountability system statement for DWP: 2015 to 2016

This is the accountability system statement for the Department for Work and Pensions for the financial year 2015 to 2016.

From:
Department for Work and Pensions
Published
8 October 2015

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The document on this page covers the financial year 2015 to 2016. Read the DWP accountability statement for 2016 to 2017.

Documents

Accountability System Statement for Work and Pensions for financial year 2015/16

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Details

This document sets out the present accountability system for Work and Pensions. It has been agreed by Robert Devereux as accounting officer and Permanent Secretary of the Department for Work and Pensions.

The accountability system statements explain how government departments achieve accountability for the funds they distribute to local bodies. This allows accounting officers to demonstrate that, as the government moves to decentralise power to local communities, the appropriate accountability mechanisms are in place.

Accounting officers in government departments are accountable to Parliament for the proper stewardship of the resources allocated to the department.

Details of the requirements to ensure regularity, propriety and value for money are set out in HM Treasury’s guidance Managing public money.

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Published 8 October 2015