Auditor General for Wales

Welsh public office

Auditor General for Wales

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Incumbent
Adrian Crompton

since July 2018; 6 years ago (2018-07)

Member of| Audit Wales
Reports to| Senedd
Appointer| Monarch of the United Kingdom
Term length| 8 years
Constituting instrument| Government of Wales Act 2006
Inaugural holder| Jeremy Colman
Formation| February 2005; 19 years ago (2005-02)
Website| www.wao.gov.uk/about-us/whos-who/adrian-crompton

The Auditor General for Wales (Welsh: Archwilydd Cyffredinol Cymru) is the public official in charge of the Wales Audit Office, the body responsible for auditing the Welsh Government, its public bodies, National Health Service bodies and local government in Wales. The Auditor General for Wales is responsible for auditing £20 billion of taxpayers' money each year.

It is a statutory appointment made by His Majesty the King, in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 8 to the Government of Wales Act 2006.

The first full-time Auditor General for Wales, Jeremy Colman, was appointed on 1 April 2005 for an initial 5-year term subsequently extended in 2009 for a further 3 years. Colman resigned in February 2010 after an internal investigation at the Wales Audit Office[1] and subsequently pleaded guilty to possession of indecent images of children.[2]

Interim Auditor General, Gillian Body, took responsibility for running the Office[3] prior to the appointment of Huw Vaughan Thomas, from 1 October 2010.

## See also

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* Auditor general
* Comptroller
* Comptroller and Auditor General (United Kingdom)
* Auditor General for Scotland
* Comptroller and Auditor General for Northern Ireland

## References

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1. ^ "Former Auditor General charged with making indecent images". Media Wales. Retrieved 3 April 2010.
2. ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk, Former Wales auditor general admits child porn offences, 1 November 2010
3. ^ "The Auditor General for Wales". Wales Audit Office. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 3 April 2010.

## External links

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* Official site

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