We’re here to Assure, Explain and Inspire.
The Auditor General is the statutory external auditor of most of the Welsh public sector.
Our key strength is our wide range of skills and knowledge that has arisen from our position as the the statutory external auditor
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Governance and oversight at Audit Wales
Our accounts are audited by an independent firm appointed by the Welsh Parliament.
Our Executive Leadership Team is responsible for directing the organisation
The Auditor General is responsible for auditing most of the public money spent in Wales.
Audit Services has a reach of over 800 public bodies across Wales covering financial and performance audit
Our programme of shared learning events focusses on topics that are common across public services
Our forward work programme for performance audit
The NFI matches data across organisations and systems to help public bodies identify fraud and overpayments.
We work with others from across the Welsh public sector and beyond
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Our events bring together individuals from across the Welsh public sector
Access all the resources from our shared learning events
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We are signed-up members of the Public Audit Forum, which brings together all of the UK’s public audit organisations, and the Welsh Health Concordat between bodies inspecting, regulating and auditing health and social care.
In addition to our memberships, we also work closely with other inspectorate bodies - such as Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW), the Care Inspectorate Wales and Estyn – to carry out joint reviews of health, social care and education services.
Download the Operational Protocol [PDF 376KB opens in new window] between HIW and the Auditor General to learn more about our coordinated work programmes. You can also read Working together to provide assurance [PDF 202KB opens in new window].
In 2011 the four inspectorate bodies signed a Strategic Agreement [PDF 129KB opens in new window] outlining our commitments to collaborative working as part of the Inspection Wales programme.
The Auditor General for Wales and Future Generations Commissioner for Wales have agreed a Memorandum of Understanding [opens in new window], which sets out how they will cooperate on their related responsibilities under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
Our joint working also extends beyond Wales. We work with colleagues at the National Audit Office, Audit Scotland, Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Care Quality Commission on joint projects - or to share knowledge and good practice.
Such joint work includes an extensive bi-annual data matching exercise to identify potential fraud and corruption. Our work with the National Audit Office also includes the publication of high profile joint reports.
From time to time, the Auditor General and our staff undertake work with, or on behalf of, overseas public sector organisations.
Our overseas work has included a review of governance for the States' Public Accounts Committee in Guernsey, supporting the development of the Human Resources function and value for money audit in the Government Audit Service in Ghana. We have also done work in Luxembourg, Lithuania and the Cayman Islands.
Also see: Commissioned work