This resource is from the Reports section. This section contains the MPA accounts, which details the statements of accounts, audit letters, budget submission and budget books.

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MPA accounts

The following are financial documents published by the Metropolitan Police Authority.

Summary

• Statement of Accounts
  The Authority is responsible for the finances of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the accounts therefore relate to the expenditure and income of the MPS.
  
  Statement of Accounts 2007-08 (subject to audit)
  The Authority is responsible for the finances of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and the accounts therefore relate to the expenditure and income of the MPS.
  
  Under Section 15 of the Audit Commission Act 1998, local government electors for the area have the right to raise questions on or object to the accounts of the Metropolitan Police Authority. The District Auditor, Mr L. Kidner of the Audit Commission, has appointed 28 July 2008 as the date on or after which this right can be exercised.
  
  Notice of any question or objection and its grounds must be given in writing before the appointed date. Such notice should be addressed to Mr L. Kidner at the Audit Commission, 4th Floor Millbank Tower, Millbank, London SW1P 4QP and copied to the Authority at 10 Dean Farrar Street, London SW1H 0NY.
  
  A copy of the accounts and all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts relating thereto will be available for inspection at Empress State Building (ask for Paul Stock at the reception desk) from Monday 30 June 2008 for 20 full working days between the hours of 10am and 4pm by all persons interested, and any such persons will be at liberty to make copies of all extracts from the deposited documents. The accounts will also be available on the Metropolitan Police Authority website ( www.mpa.gov.uk ).

• Summary statement of accounts
  For some of the years a summary of the statement of accounts is available
• Consultation on MPA statement of accounts summary
  Make your suggestions on how we can improve the summary statement of accounts.

• Audit Letter
  The audit letter to the MPA summarises the conclusions from the Audit Commission’s audit of the MPA. The three main elements of the audit are:
  • The accounts;
  • The financial aspects of corporate governance; and
  • Performance management.
• Budget submission
  The MPA scrutinises and considers each year’s budget, with reference to ‘affordability’, how the budget fits in with the MPA’s priorities and taking into account the Mayor’s priorities. It then recommends a budget submission to the Mayor, highlighting how the MPA budget fits with the Annual Policing Plan and the Mayoral policies, priorities and strategies.
• Budget books
  The information in the MPA budget books show how the resources of the MPA will be deployed to support core business activities and to respond to the increasing demands on the MPS and MPA. The MPA/MPS's approach to meeting these demands are set out in the Policing Plans.

For more details of the MPA budget process please see the MPA Budget factsheet. Please also see part E and part F of the Standing Orders and regulations, which regulates the conduct of the Authority's business to ensure fair and accountable decision-making.

• Part E: Financial Regulations
  Key element in the financial control framework within which the financial management of the MPA and the MPS takes place.
• Part F: Contract Regulations
  Contract Regulations promote good purchasing practice and public accountability and deter corruption.

Accounts

Where stated some reports are available in PDF (Portable Document Format), which require Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download from Adobe.

Financial year	Budget submissions	Budget Books	Statement of accounts	Audit letters
2007 to 2008	2007-08	2007-08 [PDF]	2007-08 [PDF]	Not yet available
2006 to 2007	2006-07	2006-07 [PDF]	2006-07 [PDF] Summary accounts 2006/07 [PDF]	Not yet available
2005 to 2006	2005-06	2005-06 [PDF]	2005-06 [PDF] Summary accounts 2005/06 [PDF]	2005-06 [PDF]
2004 to 2005	2004-05	2004-05 [PDF]	2004-05 [PDF] Summary accounts 2004/05 [PDF]	2004-05 [PDF]
2003 to 2004	2003-04	2003-04 [PDF]	2003-04 [PDF]	2003-04 [PDF]
2002 to 2003	2002-03	The Budget Books for these years are available in hard copy only. Please contact the Treasury Team on 020 7202 0210 (minicom 020 7202 0173) or email: treasury@mpa.gov.uk	2002-03 [PDF]	2002-03 [PDF]
2001 to 2002	2001-02		2001-02 [PDF]	2001-02 [PDF]
2000 to 2001			2000-01 [PDF]	2000-01 [PDF]

This following are available as PDF documents:

• Statement of accounts 2007-08
• Statement of accounts 2006-07
• Statement of accounts 2005-06
• Statement of accounts 2004-05
• Statement of accounts 2003-04
• Statement of accounts 2002-03
• Statement of accounts 2001-02
• Statement of accounts 2000-01

Portable Document Format (PDF) files require Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download from Adobe.

The following pages on the MPA website are relevant:

• MPA Budget factsheet
  MPA finances are complex, this factsheet explains the budget process.
• Financial Regulations
  Key element in the financial control framework.
• Contract Regulations
  Regulations which lay down the minimum requirements for purchasing goods or services or ordering building work or purchasing or disposing of land and property.
• Treasury Management Strategy
• Policing Plans
  Describes our arrangements for policing London over the year.
• Internal Audit reports