No financial audit took place following the cancellation of the £200m contract with IT provider Agilisys in July 2025, the States has revealed.
In October 2025, Policy and Resources (P&R) said a “full financial audit” of the cost impact was carried out, but has now said it was actually a “financial review”.
“The scope of the financial review undertaken as part of the Transition Project did not meet the criteria of an audit – in reference to the October 2025 Freedom of Information response, the responders mistakenly referred to a ‘financial audit’ in error,” it said.
In 2025, P&R cancelled its contract with Agilisys midway through following a damning report of its services.
The correction was revealed in a Freedom of Information (FOI) response.
It shows that the review did not have any formal terms of reference, sign off process or audit report or opinion included.
“The exercise was an internal financial review and was not conducted as an independent or external audit.
“The review considered the financial position and impacts associated with the transition from Agilisys to the Multi-Vendor Model.”
The FOI also shows the States spends £2.8m on ongoing staffing costs as a result of the States moving away from Agilisys and to a model with a number of companies.
It said 12 new roles were created within the government, costing £928,608 per year.
P&R also said it had taken on 29 former Agilisys employees, with pay costs of more than £1.9m.
It said: “The employment costs of those 29 employees… had previously formed part of the Agilisys service charge and transferred from non-pay to pay expenditure.”
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