Auditors can't verify pounds 6.6bn of MoD gear.AUDITORS have been unable to verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. the existence of pounds 6.6 billion worth of Ministry of Defence assets such as vehicles, weapons and radio equipment, they said yesterday. In a damning report, the National Audit Office (NAO NAO National Audit Office (UK government) NAO North Atlantic Oscillation NAO National Astronomical Observatory (Japan) NAO North American Operations NAO non-asbestos organic ) said it was unable to vouch for vouch for verb 1. guarantee, back, certify, answer for, swear to, stick up for (informal) stand witness, give assurance of, asseverate, go bail for verb 2. the pounds 6.6 billion of gear because evidence of their existence had "not been available". Auditors also found that a seventh of all payroll transactions covering specialist staff and allowances contained errors - amounting to pounds 140m in all. The findings come amid long-running criticism of equipment provision for soldiers serving in Afghanistan. The MoD said that the pounds 6.6 billion of assets had not been "lost". A spokesman said: "Rather, at the time of the report, DSDA were unable to satisfy the NAO's demand for paperwork. "Improvements have been made." |
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