Lancaster City Council
External Audit and Inspection Plan 2007/08 - Supplementary paper
Audit Fee Split – 2007/08
Audit area Plan 2005/06 (£) Plan 2006/07 (£) Plan 2007/08 (£)
Accounts, governance and audit management 37,490 32,435 60,000
Use of resources 67,420 75,230  
-          Use of resources judgement - - 15,500
-          BVPP and BVPIs - - 13,000
-          Performance      
      -          G01 MTFS - - 5,500
      -          G02 Internal Audit - - 6,000
      -          G03 PAYE healthcheck - - 3,500
      -          G04 VAT healthcheck - - 3,500
  104,910 107,665 107,000
Cross Cutting Reviews (Health Inequalities) - - 3,000
National Fraud Initiative - ** 1,000
Audit element of fee 104,910 107,665 111,000
Relationship Management * 1,435 2,870
Direction of Travel * 1,423 2,870
Corporate Inspection * 0 13,360
Total inspection fee 11,350 2,858 19,100
Total audit and inspection fee 116,260 110,523 130,100
Grant claim certification (Estimate) 40,290 42,310 40,000
Total audit, inspection and grants fee 156,550 152,833 170,100
Audit fee contingency *** - - 7,500
* Comparative information is not available for 2005/06 due to the changed fee structure.
** Comparative information is not available for 2006/07 due to the changed fee structure.
*** This contingency will be used to address any audit risks that the forthcoming corporate assessment may identify.
If this isn’t the case then the Authority has the option to consider whether it would benefit from KPMG's assistance 
in any areas identified for improvement.