UK online banking UK online banking Contact Us News About us Investor Relations Citizenship Careers Products and services Corporate governance Auditor independence Share Email Print Barclays’ policy on the provision of services by our Statutory Auditor. Read a summary of our policy on the provision of services by Barclays’ Statutory Auditor below. External auditor objectivity and independence: Non-audit services Our policy on the provision of services by the Statutory Auditor sets out the circumstances in which the auditor may be permitted to undertake non-audit work for Barclays. The Board Audit Committee oversees compliance with the policy and considers and, if appropriate, approves requests to use the auditor for non-audit work. Allowable services are pre-approved up to £100,000 or £25,000 in the case of certain taxation services. The Company Secretary and his team deal with day-to-day administration of the policy, facilitating requests for approval. Details of the services that are prohibited and allowed are set out below. Services that are prohibited include: Bookkeeping Design and implementation of financial information systems Appraisal or valuation services Actuarial services Internal audit outsourcing Management and human resources functions Broker or dealer, investment advisor or investment banking services Legal, expert and tax services involving advocacy. Allowable services that the Board Audit Committee considers for approval include: Statutory and regulatory audit services and regulatory non-audit services Other attest and assurance services Accountancy advice and training Risk management and controls advice Transaction support Taxation services Business support and recoveries Translation services. In this section Our framework, code and rules Board responsibilities Board Committees Board performance The Directors Auditor independence Remuneration report Shareholder communication guidelines News About us Investor relations Citizenship Careers Results and reports 2014 Full Year Results (PDF 944KB) Barclays PLC Annual Report 2014 (PDF 4.94MB) All financial results Press and media Press releases Barclays on social media Other links UK online banking Products and services Contact us Around the world Privacy policy Accessibility Important information Terms of use Cookie policy © Barclays 2015