Audit Office Publishes Audit Programme for 2026 to 2027

The Audit Office of the Velocity Interoperability Network today published its audit programme for the period to September 2027. The programme sets out ten audits, numbered 2026-07 to 2026-16, the departments and network services concerned, the type of each audit, the month in which fieldwork begins and the month in which the report is expected. Fieldwork on the first audits begins in October 2026.

The programme concentrates on the areas of highest risk in the first year of the Network: the registration of members and citizens, the collection and accounting of revenue, procurement of shared services, the controls over the first pay runs, access to the identity service, grant awards during the establishment period and the management of records and personal data across departments. Two performance audits examine the readiness of health services and the management of the departmental estate. The programme concludes with the certification of the Network's first consolidated accounts, for the period from 6 September 2026 to 31 March 2027, and an opinion on the accounts of each of the 26 departments.

Subjects were selected against published criteria: the sums involved, the risk to the Network's objectives, the novelty of the arrangements, the interest of the Network Assembly and the public, and the time since the area was last examined. The programme may be varied during the year in response to matters referred to the Office by the Assembly or by members of the public. The full programme and the selection criteria are published on the Audit Programme page of this site.