Recommendation 11

Through coordination with the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities must make the Accounting Code freely available to all possible users of local authority accounts before the next accounts production cycle for the year ended 31 March 2024. Once this has been achieved, the Department should set out its assessment of what else it can do to encourage the use of the Accounting Code as a central, authoritative, and accessible document that meets the needs of all possible users of local authority accounts.