STATEMENTS OF ACCOUNTS 2015/16

Decision

To approve the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner Statement of Accounts 2015/16

Decision Summary

For accounting purposes, the Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner (the Commissioner) is the parent entity of the Chief Constable of Cambridgeshire Constabulary and together both corporations sole form a ‘Group’.

The Accounts and Audit Regulations 2011 require the Chief Finance Officer(s) to sign, by 30^th June, that the accounts present a true and fair view of the financial position as at 31^st March. The draft accounts were submitted to the external auditor at the beginning of July 2016.

The Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable must approve their audited accounts by 30^th September. The meeting between the external auditors, the Police and Crime Commissioner and his CFO on 29 September 2016 provided the vehicle for that approval.

The draft accounts were open for inspection in the period from 1^st July 2016 to 11^th August 2016.

The audit has been carried out by Ernst and Young and the accounts will be published on the websites in due course.