Speaker's Committee First Report 2011
1. We have received under statute[1]
the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General on his examinations
into the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which the
Electoral Commission and the Local Government Boundary Commission
for England have used their resources. The Committee has a statutory
obligation[2] to have regard
to the most recent such reports when considering the proposed
Estimates and Corporate Plans of the two organisations. The reports,
which we have considered during the meeting of the sub-committee
on 7 March 2011 and our meeting on 16 March 2011 in the context
of our examination of the draft Estimates for 2011-12 and draft
Corporate Plans for 2011-12 to 2015-16, are reproduced in the
Appendices.
2. The report on the Electoral Commission reviews
the Commission's spending to support the running of elections.
The report on the Local Government Boundary Commission for England,
which was established in April 2010, examines the organisation's
draft Corporate Plan for 2011-12 to 2015-16. We are grateful to
the Comptroller and Auditor General and his staff for producing
these reports. We welcome the recognition given to key achievements
of both organisations. We have noted those areas in which the
Comptroller and Auditor General recommends further development,
and will keep the recommendations under review.
1 Paragraph 16(1) of Schedule 1 of the Political Parties,
Elections and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) and paragraph 13(1)
of Schedule 1 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and
Construction Act 2009 (LDEDCA) Back
2
Paragraph 15(3) and (5) of Schedule 1 of the PPERA and paragraph
12(3)(a) of Schedule 1 of the LDEDCA. Back
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