Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2003
Part 2: Statement of responsibility and audit report
Statement of responsibility
In terms of sections 35 and 37 of the Public Finance Act 1989, I am responsible, as Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence, for the preparation of the Ministry's financial statements and the judgements made in the process of producing those statements.
I have the responsibility of establishing and maintaining, and I have established and maintained, a system of internal control procedures that provide reasonable assurance as to the integrity and reliability of financial reporting.
In my opinion, these financial statements fairly reflect the financial position and operations of the Ministry for the year ended 30 June 2003.
Signed by:
Graham Fortune
Secretary of Defence
25 September 2003
Countersigned by:
S J Patterson
Assistant Secretary of Defence (Finance)
25 September 2003
