Appendix 1: Adoption of annual reports and release of annual reports and summary annual reports

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When councils adopted their annual reports

When the annual report was adopted Number adopted for financial year
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
Within two months after the end of the financial year 1 1 0 0 0
Between two and three months after the end of the financial year 14 16 27 15 15
Between three and four months after the end of the financial year 60 59 49 60 56
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 75 76 76 75 71
Percentage of councils meeting statutory deadline 96% 97% 97% 96% 91%
Between four and five months after the end of the financial year 1 0 0 2 3
More than five months after the end of the financial year 0 1 1 1 2
Not issued as at the date of compilation 2 1 1 0 2
Total 78 78 78 78 78

When councils released their annual reports

Time after adopting annual report Number released for financial year
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
0-5 days 16 25 28 23 27
6-10 days 8 19 15 19 11
11-20 days 18 8 14 8 16
21 days to one month 30 23 17 22 22
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 72 75 74 72 76
Percentage of councils meeting statutory deadline 92% 96% 95% 92% 97%
Number not meeting the deadline 4 1 3 6 0
Not issued as at the date of compilation 2 2 1 0 2
Total 78 78 78 78 78

When councils released their summary annual reports

Time after adopting annual report Number released for financial year
2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18
0-5 days 5 14 16 7 15
6-10 days 5 12 14 15 11
11-20 days 14 8 11 11 10
21 days to one month 47 39 29 32 37
Subtotal: Number meeting statutory deadline 71 73 70 65 73
Percentage of councils meeting statutory deadline 91% 93% 90% 83% 94%
One month to 40 days 3 1 6 9 2
41-60 days 2 0 1 4 1
More than 60 days 0 1 0 0 0
Not issued as at the date of compilation 2 3 1 0 2
Total 78 78 78 78 78