There are no new recommendations to the department in this report. The department has implemented four outstanding recommendations—two from our Funding Sustainable and Cost-effective Legal Aid Services Assessment of Implementation Report, page 185 and two from our Surplus Management and Results Reporting Assessment of Implementation Report, page 189. The department has seven outstanding recommendations, all of which have been outstanding for more than three years. All seven recommendations are ready for assessment.
We issued unqualified independent auditor’s reports on the 2019–2020 financial statements for the Victims of Crime Fund, the Human Rights Education and Multiculturalism Fund, and the Office of the Public Guardian and Trustee, Estates and Trusts. There are no new recommendations to these entities in this report.