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AM seeks urgent meeting with Minister after disturbing Park audit report
November 25, 2008 9:23 AM
Kirsty Williams AM for Brecon & Radnorshire is seeking an urgent meeting with Environment Minister Jane Davidson after several failings in the workings of the park were highlighted by the Wales Audit Office (WAO).
In a letter to the Park's Internal Review Committee on the 21st of November, the WAO highlighted several areas for concern within the internal controls of the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.
In a sample of invoices conducted by the WAO, over a third of invoices were paid without the correct level of authorisation and a similar number had no purchase order at all to back up the invoice.
Alarmingly, the Wales Audit Office also raised concern that a number of recommendations made in previous year audit reports had not been addressed this year. These recommendations generally related to the system of internal control. The failure to respond to previous recommendations, together with some of the other significant issues identified by the WAO, has resulted in it having to undertake additional audit work. This has result in an additional audit fee.
Kirsty said: "The Welsh Audit Office have highlighted yet further failings in the internal workings of this organisation. I am particularly concerned about failures in controls within the creditor payments system and the fact that because recommendations from last year have not been implemented, a fee has been charged to the authority when it didn't necessarily need to have been. It raises serious questions about whether things are actually improving at the National Park Authority. I will be requesting a meeting with Environment Minister Jane Davidson to discuss this amongst other issues at the Park."
Notes:
The letter can be read by linking to this part of the National Park Website, and reading Appendix 2
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