Appendix 1: Adoption of annual reports, and release of annual reports and summary annual reports

Local government: Results of the 2016/17 audits.

When local authorities adopted their annual reports

When the annual report was adoptedNumber adopted for financial year
2012/132013/142014/152015/162016/17
Within two months after the end of the financial year 2 1 1 0 0
Between two and three months after the end of the financial year 16 14 16 27 15
Between three and four months after the end of the financial year 54 60 59 49 60
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 72 75 76 76 75
Percentage of local authorities meeting statutory deadline 92% 96% 97% 97% 96%
Between four and five months after the end of the financial year 4 1 0 0 2
More than five months after the end of the financial year 2 0 1 1 1
Not issued as at the date of compilation 0 2 1 1 0
Total 78 78 78 78 78

When local authorities released their annual reports

Time after adopting annual reportNumber released for financial year
2012/132013/142014/152015/162016/17
0-5 days 29 16 25 28 23
6-10 days 9 8 19 15 19
11-20 days 16 18 8 14 8
21 days to one month 21 30 23 17 22
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 75 72 75 74 72
Percentage of local authorities meeting statutory deadline 96% 92% 96% 95% 92%
Number not meeting the deadline 3 4 1 3 6
Not issued as at the date of compilation 0 2 2 1 0
Total 78 78 78 78 78

When local authorities released their summary annual reports

Time after adopting annual reportNumber released for financial year
2012/132013/142014/152015/162016/17
0-5 days 15 5 14 16 7
6-10 days 4 5 12 14 15
11-20 days 21 14 8 11 11
21 days to one month 34 47 39 29 32
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 74 71 73 70 65
Percentage of local authorities meeting statutory deadline 95% 91% 93% 90% 83%
One month to 40 days 2 3 1 6 9
41-50 days 0 2 0 1 4
51-60 days 0 0 0 0 0
More than 60 days 2 0 1 0 0
Not issued as at the date of compilation 0 2 3 1 0
Total 78 78 78 78 78