The Auditor General for Wales () is the public official in charge of the
Audit Wales, formerly known as the Welsh Audit Office, the body responsible for auditing the
Welsh Government
The Welsh Government ( ) is the Executive (government), executive arm of the Welsh devolution, devolved government of Wales. The government consists of Cabinet secretary, cabinet secretaries and Minister of State, ministers. It is led by the F ...
, its public bodies, National Health Service bodies and local government in Wales. The Auditor General for Wales is responsible for auditing £20 billion of taxpayers' money each year.
It is a statutory appointment made by His Majesty
The King, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 8 to the
Government of Wales Act 2006
The Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed the then-National Assembly for Wales (now the Senedd) and allows further powers to be granted to it more easily. The Act creates a system ...
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The first full-time Auditor General for Wales,
Jeremy Colman, was appointed on 1 April 2005 for an initial 5-year term subsequently extended in 2009 for a further 3 years. Colman resigned in February 2010 after an internal investigation at the Wales Audit Office
and subsequently pleaded guilty to possession of
indecent images of children.
Interim Auditor General, Gillian Body, took responsibility for running the Office
prior to the appointment of Huw Vaughan Thomas, from 1 October 2010. In the aftermath of the jailing, the chair of the Assembly's public accounts committee commented that the Office would recover and that a "golden future lay ahead" for the Office.
Notable reports
In 2006, the Auditor General "took the unprecedented step" of holding public hearings, because the report was a substitute for public hearings.
In 2010, the Auditor General described poverty as the "single major challenge" facing Wales at that time.
See also
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Auditor general
An auditor general, also known in some countries as a comptroller general or comptroller and auditor general, is a senior civil servant charged with improving government accountability by auditing and reporting on the government's operations.
Freq ...
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Comptroller
A comptroller (pronounced either the same as ''controller'' or as ) is a management-level position responsible for supervising the quality of accountancy, accounting and financial reporting of an organization. A financial comptroller is a senior- ...
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Comptroller and Auditor General (United Kingdom)
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Auditor General for Scotland
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Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland
References
External links
Official site
Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic ...
Economy of Wales
Government of Wales
Auditing in the United Kingdom
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