Recommendation 12

The Treasury has told us that that all known issues with OSCAR II have now been resolved as they move onto the production of the 2020–21 WGA. However, the Treasury informed us that it anticipates that there are likely to be some new issues that will yet arise. The system is supported by a service desk and the Treasury hopes that any new issues can be dealt with in the usual course of businesses without adding to the production delay; whether this will be the case is yet to be seen.35 The Treasury must demonstrate that it is now positioned to successfully manage additional problems that surface by working with its IT contractor to more clearly understand the timescales involved with resolving possible issues and making necessary system changes.36 Sustainability of the Local Government audit sector