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This report presents an unaudited set of Accounts for 2021/22 in the format specified by the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom.

Due to its size the Statement of Accounts (Annex 1) will be uploaded as a supplement.

The report of the Director of Finance and Transformation presented an unaudited set of Accounts for 2021/22 in the format specified by the Code of Practice on Local Authority Accounting in the United Kingdom.  Attention was drawn to the Statement of Accounts at Annex 1 which had been circulated separately and to an additional supplementary report in respect of informing the audit risk assessment which had been circulated on 22 July 2022.

RESOLVED:  That

(1)        the unaudited set of Accounts for 2021/22 be noted and endorsed;

(2)        the Statement provided by the Director of Finance and Transformation in support of assertions made in the Statement of Responsibilities for the Statement of Accounts, as set out at Annex 3 to the report, be noted;

(3)        the progress update on the audit of Accounts for 2021/22 be noted; and

(4)        the content of the supplementary report circulated on 22 July 2022 be noted and any further comments by Members for inclusion in the response to the auditors be provided to the Director of Finance and Transformation by 28 July 2022.