Decision

The Council resolved that:

(i)      the annual accounts for 2019/20, 2020/21 and 2021/22, as noted by the Audit and Governance Committee on 29 July, be noted and referred to the Council’s external auditors for their audit opinion;

(ii)     the signing off of the accounts by the Council’s Strategic Director for Finance and Section 151 Officer be noted, with the caveat that they are based on the best information available and the policies and conventions in place for the year that the specific accounts refer to; and

(iii)     it be noted that the issues concerning bad debt on investments in group companies identified in the June 2023 Section 114 Notice and Capitalisation Direction will be dealt with in the 2023/24 accounts which are planned to be presented to the Council later in the year along with those for 2022/23.