Written Question·Department for Business and Trade·UIN 3555

Public Sector: Audit

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 4 September 2024
Named Day

Question

Laurence Turner

LabourBirmingham Northfield

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the draft Audit Reform and Corporate Governance Bill will contain measures to improve the quality of the auditing of public sector bodies.

Answer

Justin Madders
The Government's manifesto committed to overhaul the local audit system to provide high quality, timely assurance to taxpayers. On 30 July, Jim McMahon, the Minister of State for Local Government and English Devolution, outlined to Parliament immediate ac...

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