Appendix 1: When councils adopted their annual reports and released their annual reports and summary annual reports

Insights into local government: 2019

When councils adopted their annual reports

When the annual report was adopted Number adopted for financial year
2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
Within two months after the end of the financial year 1 0 0 0 0
Between two and three months after the end of the financial year 16 27 15 15 20
Between three and four months after the end of the financial year 59 49 60 56 54
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 76 76 75 71 74
Percentage of councils meeting statutory deadline 97% 97% 96% 91% 95%
Between four and five months after the end of the financial year 0 0 2 3 3
More than five months after the end of the financial year 1 1 1 2 1
Not issued as at the date of compilation 1 1 0 2 0
Total 78 78 78 78 78

When councils released their annual reports

Time after adopting annual report Number released for financial year
2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
0-5 days 25 28 23 27 34
6-10 days 19 15 19 11 13
11-20 days 8 14 8 16 11
21 days to one month 23 17 22 22 17
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 75 74 72 76 75
Percentage of local authorities meeting statutory deadline 96% 95% 92% 97% 96%
Number not meeting the deadline 1 3 6 0 3
Not issued as at the date of compilation 2 1 0 2 0
Total 78 78 78 78 78

When councils released their summary annual reports

Time after adopting annual report Number released for financial year
2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19
0-5 days 14 16 7 15 14
6-10 days 12 14 15 11 8
11-20 days 8 11 11 10 14
21 days to one month 39 29 32 37 36
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 73 70 65 73 72
Percentage of councils meeting statutory deadline 93% 90% 83% 94% 92%
One month to 40 days 1 6 9 2 6
41-60 days 0 1 4 1 0
More than 60 days 1 0 0 0 0
Not issued as at the date of compilation 3 1 0 2 0
Total 78 78 78 78 78