Accounts set for inspection

The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is required by law to publish a set of accounts each year providing a breakdown of the PCC's and Norfolk Constabulary's financial performance and financial position.

The draft Statement of Accounts and Annual Governance Statement will be published on the OPCCN website on 31 May 2019.

Audit of accounts year ended 31 March 2019

Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 (sections 26, 27 and 28)

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 (regulations 9, 14 and 15)

The accounts for The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk and the Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary are subject to external audit by Mr M Hodgson, Associate Partner, Ernst & Young LLP, One Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WZ. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process:

1. From 3 June 2019 to 12 July 2019 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., any person may inspect the accounts of The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk or the Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary for the year ended 31 March 2019 and certain related documents (comprising books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts) at the address given below. They may also make copies of the accounts and documents.
2. From 3 June 2019 to 12 July 2019 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., a local government elector for the area of The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk or the Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary, or his/her representative, may ask the auditor questions about the accounts. Please contact the auditor at the address given above to make arrangements to ask any questions.
3. From 3 June 2019 to 12 July 2019 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., a local government elector for the area of The Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk or the Chief Constable of Norfolk Constabulary, or his/her representative, may object to the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk’s or the Chief Constable for Norfolk’s accounts asking that the auditor issue a report in the public interest (under section 27 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014) and/or apply to the court for a declaration that an item in the accounts is contrary to law (under section 28 of the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014). Written notice of a proposed objection and the grounds on which it is made must be sent to the auditor at the address given above and copied to the relevant Chief Finance Officer at the address given below.

Dated: 17 May 2019

Jill Penn,

Chief Finance Officer, Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for Norfolk

 

Peter Jasper,

Assistant Chief Officer, Norfolk Constabulary

Jubilee House, Falconers Chase, Wymondham, Norfolk, NR18 0WW.