Series
Reports to the Comptroller and Auditor General
Catalogue reference: AO 26
What's it about?
AO 26
Reports mainly from Exchequer and Audit Department Staff visiting other government departments to audit their accounts. The reports include references made by 'local' E and AD staff and proposed CAOG queries on departmental accounting methods and...
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AO 26
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Title (The name of the record)
- Reports to the Comptroller and Auditor General
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1867-1907
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Description (What the record is about)
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Reports mainly from Exchequer and Audit Department Staff visiting other government departments to audit their accounts. The reports include references made by 'local' E and AD staff and proposed CAOG queries on departmental accounting methods and figures, and the CAOG response or action taken on these. There are also reports from the department on questions of staffing and other internal matters.
Additional statutory responsibilities of the Comptroller and Auditor-General in connection with the Exchequer and Audit Department are also alluded to in these reports.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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Arrangement
The reports were almost invariably in manuscript and were retrospectively bound together in years. For each year there is a chronological register of reports received, with the CAOG's note that the accounts are approved, with or without additional comment, and an index to the register.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- Exchequer and Audit Department, 1867-1984
- Offices of the Comptroller and Auditor General, 1867-1984
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 98 volume(s)
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Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- The complete series has been preserved.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C2383/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: AO
Records of the Auditors of the Imprest, Commissioners of Audit, Exchequer and Audit...
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Reports to the Comptroller and Auditor General