Centralization of the Public Internal Audit System in England and Establishment of the Government Internal Audit Agency

In recent years, there has been a major change in the field of public internal audit in England. The structure of the public internal audit has been transformed from a decentralized internal audit system into a centralized one. The lack of a standard methodology and the implementation differences between internal audit units are regarded as the main reasons for this transformation. In this direction, the Government Internal Audit Agency has been established aiming to improve the quality of services offered and the harmonization between internal audit units. In this study, we will examine the change in the field of public internal audit in England, the main reasons for this change and the Government Internal Audit Agency established because of this change, which represents a centralized structure of a public internal audit.