Audit of Accounts 2023/2024

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to Sections 30 and 31 of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004:

1. From 29th July 2024 to 23rd August 2024 (inclusive) between 9.00 am and 4.30 pm Monday to Friday any local elector may inspect and make copies of the accounts of the above named body for the year ended 31st March 2024 and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating thereto.

2.These documents are available for inspection at Penallta House, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, CF82 7PG.

3. To enable us to make appropriate arrangements for inspection, we request that electors make an appointment by email to southak@caerphilly.gov.uk, by telephone at 01443 863214 or by writing to Finance Manager (Corporate Services) Penallta House, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, CF82 7PG.

4. On or after the 27th August 2024, until the completion of the audit, the Auditor General for Wales will provide any local government elector of the area to which the accounts relate, give the elector, or his/her representative, an opportunity to question him about the accounts. Any such elector, or his/her representative, may attend before the Auditor General to make any objection to the accounts.

5. The Auditor General can be contacted via Mark Jones at 1 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ, telephone 02920 320500 or by email at info@audit.wales.

6. Written notice of an objection must first be given to the Auditor General via Mark Jones at 1 Capital Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff, CF10 4BZ, telephone 02920 320500, or by email at info@audit.wales. A copy of the written notice must be provided to Finance Manager (Corporate Services) Penallta House, Tredomen Park, Ystrad Mynach, Hengoed, CF82 7PG.

7. The following link provides information on your rights to inspect, question and object to your council’s accounts https://www.audit.wales/sites/default/files/2020-12/council_accounts_your_rights_eng.pdf.