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Avon Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
Annual audit letter
5 March 2010
Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
Annual audit letter
5 March 2010
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
Annual audit letter
5 March 2010
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
Annual audit letter
5 March 2010
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
Annual audit letter
5 March 2010
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CIPFA Annual Conference 2010
08 - 10 Jun 2010
The Audit Commission's Annual Lecture 2010
21 Jul 2010
IRRV Annual Conference 2010
28 Sep - 01 Oct 2010
National Children and Adult Services Conference 2010
03 - 05 Nov 2010
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Audit and inspection
This section contains our assessments of Fire and Rescue Authorities and our inspection methodologies.
International Financial Reporting Standards subsidies for police and fire and rescue authorities
10 March 2010
In July 2009, the Commission confirmed that it would subsidise the 'one-off' element of the cost of transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for local authorities and police ...
Code of audit practice
10 March 2010
The Codes of Audit Practice (the Codes) define the scope, nature and extent of local audit work.
Avon Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
Bedfordshire and Luton Combined Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
Cheshire Fire and Rescue Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
Cleveland Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
County Durham and Darlington Fire and Rescue Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
Derbyshire Fire Authority annual audit letter 2008/09
5 March 2010
We publish annual audit letters to enhance the openness and transparency of the audit process, for which we have overall responsibility. Annual audit letters summarise key matters arising from the ...
All corporate assessments
Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority - corporate assessment
, 3 February 2009
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority - corporate assessment
, 3 February 2009
Northamptonshire Fire Authority - corporate assessment
, 13 January 2009
Cornwall Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment
, 13 January 2009
Lincolnshire Fire Authority - corporate assessment
, 13 January 2009
Bedfordshire & Luton Combined Fire Authority - corporate assessment
, 30 September 2008
Cleveland Fire Authority - corporate assessment
, 3 June 2008
Lancashire Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment
, 20 May 2008
Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 18 August 2005
West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service - corporate assessment report 2005
, 18 August 2005
Cumbria Fire Service - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Somerset Fire Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Lincolnshire Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Suffolk Fire Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Northumberland Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Norfolk Fire Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Authority - corporate assessment report 2005
, 28 July 2005
All 55 corporate assessments in '
All corporate assessments
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Annual audit and inspection letters
Audit
Local government financial management e-learning tool
, 21 October 2009
Appointment of auditors
, 19 May 2009
Audit
, 3 November 2008
Individual budgets and direct payments
, 3 November 2008
All 5 articles in '
Audit
'
CPA for fire and rescue services
Fire scorecard explained
, 12 February 2009
CPA for fire and rescue services
, 28 October 2008
Direction of travel
, 24 October 2008
Corporate assessment
, 24 October 2008
All 4 articles in '
CPA for fire and rescue services
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Fire and rescue comprehensive performance assessment 2007 to 2009
, 16 August 2007
Introduction to CPA
, 8 December 2006
All 2 documents in '
CPA for fire and rescue services
'
Fire and rescue performance framework 2006/07
, 27 July 2006
Use of resources
Guidance
, 12 June 2009
Use of resources 2005/08
, 5 May 2009
Use of resources
, 28 April 2009
Use of resources for fire and rescue 2005/08
All 3 articles in '
Use of resources
'
Guide to direction of travel (DoT) assessments
Fire and rescue performance assessment 2008
Fire and rescue performance framework 2007-08
Fire and rescue performance assessment 2007 and 2008
All 4 documents in '
Use of resources
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