Part 4: The Health Services Safety Investigations Body Introductory Schedule 13: The Health Services Safety Investigations Body Accounts
Paragraphs 18 and 19 of the Schedule state that as a Non-Departmental Public Body, the HSSIB is required to keep proper accounts and prepare a set of accounts for each financial year. The Secretary of State may direct the HSSIB as to the form, content, and methods and principles to be applied in the preparation of its accounts. The HSSIB must send its annual accounts to the Secretary of State and the Comptroller and Auditor General who is responsible for examining, certifying and reporting on the accounts and for laying copies of the audited accounts (and his report on them) before Parliament.