In-year Audit Committee scrutiny: A Comparative Perspective

Synopsis: This briefing note, commissioned by the Assembly's Audit Committee, provides comparative research on the Committee and its counterparts located in the UK, Wales, Scotland and the Republic of Ireland. The note offers a comparison of practices concerning committee scrutiny of underspend and overspend in legislatures with operational similarities to the Assembly. This note aims to help inform the Committee in its discharge of duties associated with the Northern Ireland Assembly Commission's budget.

Date: 26 November 2020