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Exhibit 3: Grant-in-aid and bursary funding of the 43 incorporated colleges, April 1999 to July 2000 30 25 20 £ (m) 15 10 5 0 Aberdeen Edinburgh's Telford James Watt Stevenson Dundee Motherwell Falkirk Reid Kerr Cardonald Jewel & Esk Valley Clydebank Fife Langside Kilmarnock Glasgow College of Building & Printing Inverness Lauder Perth Ayr Stow Glenrothes Moray Dumfries & Galloway Bell College of Technology North Glasgow Anniesland Central College of Commerce Borders Angus Banff & Buchan West Lothian Coatbridge Glasgow College of Nautical Studies South Lanarkshire John Wheatley Cumbernauld Elmwood Glasgow College of Food Technology The North Highland Clackmannan Lews Castle Oatridge Agricultural Barony Source: Audit Scotland External audit arrangements 1.5 Under the terms of the Public Finance and Accountability (Scotland) Act 2000 (the 2000 Act) responsibility for securing the audit of the 43 incorporated further education colleges in Scotland transferred from the college boards to the Auditor General for Scotland with effect from 1 April 2000. Transitional arrangements applied to the audit of 1999/2000 accounts. The audits of further education colleges, which had been commissioned in advance by the colleges themselves, and carried out in accordance with guidance first issued in 1996 by SOEID, were reported to the Auditor General after their completion. The colleges appointed commercial accountancy firms to conduct the 1999/2000 audits. Auditors also reported to and agreed findings with individual colleges and provided copies of their management letters to SFEFC. This report, which I present under section 23 of the 2000 Act, is my first overview report on the further education sector. The report has been prepared from information contained in reports prepared by the colleges’ appointed auditors at the conclusion of their audits. Where appropriate, I have supplemented this with other relevant, contextual information including SFEFC’s own work in monitoring the financial health of the sector. My report covers all the significant issues arising out of the 1999/2000 audits of incorporated further education colleges. 10 FE colleges overview
1.6 Overall, colleges are experiencing severe financial pressures. Audited accounts for the period to 31 July 2000 showed that a total of 34 colleges reported an operating deficit for the accounting period and auditors’ opinions on the financial statements of five colleges noted that the colleges only remained going concerns on the understanding that financial support from SFEFC or the college’s bankers would continue. Furthermore SFEFC have required 15 colleges to prepare financial recovery plans to address deficits accumulated over a number of years. 1.7 My report is in four parts. In Part 2 of the report I provide background to the roles and responsibility involved in accountability for expenditure in further education colleges. Part 3 of the report details the results of the audit of college accounts for 1999/2000 and the main findings of auditors at individual colleges including value for money issues. Part 4 reviews the financial history of the sector and the action SFEFC has taken and proposes to take in managing the financial health of the sector. Part 5 of the report reviews recent developments which are likely to affect the adequacy and efficiency of the provision of further education in Scotland in the future. FE colleges overview 11
Page 1 and 2: OVERVIEW REPORT Overview of further
Page 3 and 4: Executive summary Introduction 1. U
Page 5 and 6: Audit results Completion of account
Page 7 and 8: Financial health of the further edu
Page 9 and 10: Recent developments 23. In addition
Page 11: Part 1: Introduction Further educat
Page 15 and 16: Duties of the Scottish Ministers 2.
Page 17 and 18: Exhibit 5: SFEFC responsibilities S
Page 19 and 20: 2.12 Under the 1992 Act boards of m
Page 21 and 22: Exhibit 8: Reasons for delays in th
Page 23 and 24: Audit Committees 3.13 An effective
Page 25 and 26: and ERDF grants. Under the new prog
Page 27 and 28: Part 4: Financial health of the fur
Page 29 and 30: Exhibit 11: Consolidated college in
Page 31 and 32: Exhibit 13: College accumulated his
Page 33 and 34: Indicative results for 2000/01 4.16
Page 35 and 36: Financial recovery plans 4.25 SFEFC
Page 37 and 38: area and of key industrial sectors,
Page 39 and 40: Appendix 1: Statement of recommende
Page 41 and 42: continue to monitor progress of the
Page 43 and 44: Appendix 3 Colleges where financial
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