17 August (Part 2) - Bexley helps to bail out Capita
If I am asked if I know why Bexley Council recently handed over more of its
responsibilities to Capita the answer will always be “I don’t know”. This time
it is debt collecting and one can only surmise that Bexley’s own people were
making a mess of it or are so reduced in number that they have given up.
Maybe there is a link as the Internal Audit Team is concentrating almost entirely on Finance matters this
year and the Chief Accountant and Chief Executive have decided it is the right time to jump ship.
Who knows what is going on? Does no one audit housing, SEN issues or pothole repair? I heard a whisper that
one of those has got Bexley Council into trouble with the Local Government Ombudsman again.
Page 156 of the Draft Accounts for 2022/23.