sickness report 2005 2006 auditor s neil easton & karen taggart introduction the authority workforce comprises approximately 650 employees during 2004 lost 7313 days to which equates 12 33 per full time equivalent in accordance with bvpi definition whilst this out turn represents an improvement on previous years of 13 51 it is still some way off public sector average 10 3 and over double private 6 difference between national 1 080 or 5 equivalents objective provide assurance management that controls surrounding reporting are adequate operating effectively scope assessment current procedures analysis authorities levels past three financial audit opinion overall internal within operation control monitoring not being consistently applied we a limited our standard assurances
