Annex 1: deputy director certificate
Certificates of assurance: Annex 1
[To be completed together with the Internal Control Checklist at Annex 2 by Deputy Directors or equivalents.]
Director [or equivalent]
Copy to: Finance
Annual accounts 20XX-XX: assurance for the governance statement
1. I am aware that, as Director [or equivalent] of [name of directorate or equivalent], you are required to provide an assurance to the [Portfolio] Accountable Officer to support the signing of a governance statement [by the Principal Accountable Officer] provided as part of the [SG consolidated] accounts for 20XX-XX.
2. To assist you in that process, I can confirm that I have undertaken a review, evidenced by the attached Internal Control Checklist, of the internal control arrangements in my area of responsibility. [As appropriate: I have also made enquiries as to whether there are any internal control issues likely to merit inclusion in the governance statements of those self-accounting bodies sponsored by area.] Having done that [I can confirm controls in my area have been, and are, working well. There are, in my opinion, no significant matters arising which would require to be raised specifically in the assurance you are required to give the [Portfolio] Accountable Officer] or
[I would draw your attention to the following matters which you may wish to consider when preparing the assurance you are required to give to the [Portfolio] Accountable Officer: details
3. Apart from the above, I can confirm that controls in my area have been, and are, working well. There are, in my opinion, no other significant matters arising which would require to be raised specifically in the assurance you are required to give the [Portfolio] Accountable Officer.]
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Page reviewed: March 2019