Auditor General for Wales

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The Auditor General for Wales is the independent public official responsible for auditing Welsh public bodies and ensuring the proper, efficient use of public funds in Wales.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Auditor General for Wales canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf independent audit institution head ⓘ
public office ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Welsh public sector ⓘ
appointedBy the Monarch on the recommendation of the Senedd ⓘ
the Senedd (Welsh Parliament) recommendation process ⓘ
cooperatesWith Auditor General for Scotland ⓘ
National Audit Office ⓘ
Northern Ireland Audit Office ⓘ
country Wales ⓘ
currentOfficeHolder Adrian Crompton ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver NHS bodies in Wales ⓘ
linked to: NHS organisations

Welsh Government ⓘ
Welsh Government sponsored bodies ⓘ
community councils in Wales (subject to thresholds and arrangements) ⓘ
fire and rescue authorities in Wales ⓘ
local authorities in Wales ⓘ
national park authorities in Wales ⓘ
police and crime commissioners in Wales (in respect of certain funds) ⓘ
independence not part of the Welsh Government civil service ⓘ
statutorily independent of the Welsh Government ⓘ
jurisdiction Wales ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
Welsh ⓘ
legalBasis Government of Wales Act 2006 ⓘ
Public Audit (Wales) Act 2013 ⓘ
officeHolderStartTime 2018 ⓘ
officeHolderTitle Auditor General for Wales ⓘ
oversees financial audit work of Audit Wales ⓘ
value for money audit work of Audit Wales ⓘ
partOf Welsh public audit arrangements ⓘ
precededBy Huw Vaughan Thomas ⓘ
reportsTo the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee of the Senedd ⓘ
the Senedd ⓘ
linked to: Senedd
responsibility certifying the accounts of most public bodies in Wales ⓘ
investigating concerns about the use of public money in Wales ⓘ
laying audit reports before the Senedd ⓘ
making recommendations to improve public financial management in Wales ⓘ
role audits Welsh public bodies ⓘ
conducts performance audits of Welsh public bodies ⓘ
ensures efficient use of public funds in Wales ⓘ
ensures proper use of public funds in Wales ⓘ
issues audit opinions on accounts of Welsh public bodies ⓘ
promotes improvement in public services in Wales ⓘ
provides independent assurance to the Senedd on public spending ⓘ
reports on value for money of public spending in Wales ⓘ
supports accountability of Welsh Government and public bodies ⓘ
seat Cardiff ⓘ
supervises Audit Wales ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Welsh Consolidated Fund → overseenBy → Auditor General for Wales ⓘ
Welsh Consolidated Fund → expenditureFor → Auditor General for Wales ⓘ
Welsh Consolidated Fund → auditedBy → Auditor General for Wales ⓘ
Auditor General for Wales → officeHolderTitle → Auditor General for Wales ⓘ