Wales Audit Office reviews progress on its approach to equality

No

While the first Wales Audit Office progress report concentrated on establishing equality objectives and setting up arrangements for collecting relevant information, this report focuses on how we have made a start in driving our equality work into our working policies and practices.

Ann-Marie Harkin

No

Ann-Marie graduated in 1986 with a B.A. (Hons), moving then to accountancy, joining the National Audit Office in the same year as an Assistant Auditor. 
 

Mike Norman

No

Over the years his career has revolved around his Finance discipline and varied roles means he is an accomplished executive and leader with a broad skills base on all aspects of the finance function, governance, risk, and regulatory control, derived from extensive experience in the highly regulated financial services industry.

Dr Ian J Rees

No

A Physicist by education, he developed a career in education and was secondary school Headteacher at Ysgol y Moelwyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog from where he moved to Further Education as Principal and Chief Executive of Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor.

Caerphilly Council car and leave allowances payments 'unlawful'

No

Caerphilly County Borough Council acted unlawfully when it paid its Chief Officers to 'buy out' their entitlements to an Essential Car User Allowance (ECUA) and Annual Leave Allowance (ALA). The Appointed Auditor, Anthony Barrett, has published a report today to draw the public's attention to a failure in governance arrangements at the Council and inadequacies in the processes it adopted in making these payments.

Previous grant procedures 'unsuitable' for Penmon Fish Farm project

No

The Welsh Government followed the procedures it had in place in at the time for approving and managing grant funding of the Penmon Fish farm in Anglesey. But, these procedures were unsuited to a project of this scale, complexity and risk, involving £5.2 million of public funding. An Auditor General for Wales report, published today, has found that although the project achieved its main objectives, problems arose when the fish farm began operating which caused pollution and nuisance.