Audit of Accounts year ended 31 March 2024
The Police & Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary
AUDIT OF ACCOUNTS YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024
Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014, sections 26-28
Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 Regulations 9, 14, 15 and 21
The accounts of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Cambridgeshire and the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary are subject to external audit by Katie Henry, Director, KPMG LLP, One Snow Hill, Birmingham, B4 6GH. Members of the public and local government electors have certain rights in the audit process.
Under the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 the commencement period for the exercise of public rights to inspect the 2023 to 2024 accounts and related documents, based on a draft account’s completion date of 31 May 2024, should include the first 10 working days of June, with inspection dates being between 1 June and 12th July 2024.
From Saturday 1 June to Friday 12 July 2024 inclusive (except Saturdays and Sundays) between 9.30am and 4.30pm, any person may inspect the accounts of both the Commissioner and the Chief Constable, for the year ended 31 March 2024. This includes related documents such as books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts. They may also make copies of the accounts and documents.
Please note that the accounts and records are held in various locations and to facilitate the process applicants are initially asked to contact Elaine Fox (email [email protected])), Principal Financial Accountant, Cambridgeshire Constabulary on 07736 084115, or email [email protected]
From 1 June 2024 to 12 July 2024, a local government elector for the area of the Commissioner and the Chief Constable (Cambridgeshire), or his/her representative, may ask the Auditor (see above) questions about the accounts and may also object to accounts of either the Commissioner or the Chief Constable 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 (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 James Haylett, Chief Executive, Office of the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner, PO Box 688, Huntingdon, PE29 9LA and/or to Mr Jon Lee at the Constabulary address below.
Dated 31 May 2024
Phil Trussell
Chief Finance Officer
Office of the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner
PO Box 688
Huntingdon
PE29 9LA
Jon Lee
Chief Finance Officer to the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary
Cambridgeshire Constabulary Headquarters
Hinchingbrooke Park
Huntingdon
Cambridge
PE29 6NP