And South Cambs DC cannot get their accounts published in time...

Not even South Cambridgeshire District Council (SCDC) can obey the law. At the Audit and Governance Committee the Councillors were informed of the following:

5.
External Audit: 2016/17 Progress Update Report (oral update)
Minutes:
Suresh Patel gave an oral update on External Audit’s Progress Report. He explained that the Council had not met the 30 June May 2017 deadline for producing a full set of 2016/17 accounts while other councils he audited had done so. It was noted that the deadline has been brought forward for 2017/18 to 31 May and concerns were expressed over the Council’s capacity to meet this future deadline. It was understood that this year’s delay was due to recent staff turnover.

Tony Poynton reminded the Committee that two risks had been identified in the audit plan in March. He was happy to report that no further risks had been identified.

It was noted that External Audit were scheduled to commence their audit of the 2016/17 statement of accounts on 24 July 2017.

The Committee NOTED the update.

Ron says: Whether they be a parish council or District Council they should all obey the law. The difference being between what Cambourne Parish Council (CPC) did and what SCDC has done is CPC Councillors decided to break the law. Whereas SCDC Councillors just noted the update. It was the SCDC Officers who take the flak for not getting the Statement of Accounts before the deadline.