What is the right to inspect Parish Council accounts?
National legislation — the Local Audit and Accountability Act (2014) and the Accounts and Audit Regulations (2015) — gives registered voters the right to inspect their local authority's accounts, ask questions about them and object to them, during a period of 30 working days every year.
The 30 working day period must include a common period of inspection during which all smaller authorities' accounting records are available to inspect.
For 2024-2025 accounts this common period was 1-14 July 2025 Link to Notice
For 2023-2024 accounts this common period was 1-12 July 2024 Link to Notice
For 2022-2023 accounts this common period was 3-14 July 2023 Link to Notice
Link to Downley Parish Council Finance webpage
Link to Downley Parish Council Annual Report webpage
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