§ Lord Campbell-Savoursasked Her Majesty's Government:
What audit arrangements exist, to which the public have access, in the case of the investigation costs of the Police Complaints Authority. [HL3472]
§ Lord RookerThe Police Complaints Authority is audited internally by the Home Office Audit and Assurance Unit and externally by the National Audit Office every year. Its accounts and audit certificate are published in full within its annual report, which is laid before Parliament prior to the Summer Recess each year. Copies of the annual report and accounts can he obtained by the public from The Stationery Office.
111WAThe PCA supervises police investigations of the more serious complaints. However, the costs of the actual investigation are borne by the forces themselves and therefore would be submitted in the accounts of the relevant police authorities.