FOI-01324

##Request

Could you please provide me with details of the NHS Pensions Auditors:
1. Company name
2. Main contact with company
3. Address of company
4. Telephone number of company
5. Web address of company
6. Email address of company

Your request was received on 27 June 2023 and I am dealing with it under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

On 26 July you clarified the following:

•	Please could you confirm whether you are referring to Internal or External Audits? 
Both internal and external.
•	Please clarify what is meant by “main contact with Company”. Does this refer to the name of an individual or the type of contact Pensions have with them – for example the content of the audits.
Both the person and the type of contact Pensions have with them.
•	Depending on what work is being done, Pensions have differing main contacts –Which specific area involving Pensions are you referring to? 
Internal and external procedures and documents.

##Response

Question 1

External Audit - National Audit Office (NAO) 

Internal Audit - Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)

Question 2

National Audit Office (NAO)  are the auditors of the NHS Pension Scheme Accounts.

The main contact at NAO has not consented to the disclosure and is therefore exempt under 40 subsections 2 and 3A (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as disclosure of this information would be unfair and as such this would breach the UK GDPR first data protection principle because:
a) it is not fair to disclose main contact of the NAO personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress.
b) these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the main contact of the NAO.

NAO have provided the name of the Auditor General, Gareth Davies

Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) currently provide Internal Audit for the NHSBSA. This includes the following areas of NHS pensions for 2023/24:
Member Data 
McCloud and other Legislative Changes .
Pensions Annual Allowance Charge Compensation Scheme (PAACCS) My NHS Pensions Portal 


Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) - 
The main contact at GIAA has not consented to the disclosure and is therefore exempt under 40 subsections 2 and 3A (a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, as disclosure of this information would be unfair and as such this would breach the UK GDPR first data protection principle because:
a) it is not fair to disclose main contact of the Government Internal Audit Agency’s personal details to the world and is likely to cause damage or distress.
b) these details are not of sufficient interest to the public to warrant an intrusion into the privacy of the main contact of the Government Internal Audit Agency.
Please click the below web link to see the exemption in full.
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/36/section/40
 
Question 3

National Audit Office (NAO) 
National Audit Office
157-197 Buckingham Palace Road
London 
SW1W 9SP 

Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA)
Governance Team Corporate Services Directorate
Government Internal Audit Agency
10 Victoria Street
Westminster
London
SW1H 0NB
United Kingdom

Question 4

National Audit Office (NAO) - 020 7798 7140 

Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) - 0797 155 6035 


Question 5

National Audit Office (NAO) -  www.nao.org.uk 

Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/government-internal-audit-agency


Question 6

National Audit Office (NAO) - enquiries@nao.org.uk 

Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA) - Correspondence@giaa.gov.uk


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Tags: Auditors, NHS Pensions
Organization: Freedom of Information Disclosure Log