Meeting Details

    Audit committee
    22 Nov 2016 - 16:30
    Occurred
    • Documents
    • Attendance
    • Visitors
    • Declarations of Interests

    Documents

    Agenda

    Standard Items
    1 Apologies

    To receive apologies for absence
    2 Public questions/petitions

    To receive questions / petitions from the public (notice to be given to committee officer in advance of the meeting in accordance with appendix 1 of the council's constutition)
    3 Declarations of interest

    (Please note that it is the responsibility of individual members to declare an interest prior to the item if they arrive late for the meeting)
    4 pdf Minutes (193Kb)

    To approve the accuracy of the minutes of the meeting held on 20 September 2016.


    Purpose - 
    This report presents the annual audit letter.

    Purpose - 
    To update members on the review by the corporate leadership team of key risks facing the council, and the associated mitigating actions, and the council’s Risk Management Policy.


    Purpose - 
    To advise members of the work of Internal Audit, completed between April to October 2016, and the progress against the internal audit plan.

    The role of Internal Audit is to provide the audit committee and management with independent assurance, on the effectiveness of the internal control environment.  Internal Audit coverage is planned so that the focus is upon those areas and risks which will most impact upon the council's ability to achieve its objectives.

    The 2016-17 Audit Plan was approved by the committee on 15 March 2016 and endorsed by the council's corporate leadership team on 30 March 2016.  The audit committee was previously provided with an update up to 31 August 2016.


    Purpose - 
    This report updates members on the review of counter fraud policies.

    Additional Meeting Documents

    Attendance

    Name
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    NameReason for Sending ApologySubstituted By
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    NameReason for AbsenceSubstituted By
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    Declarations of Interests

    Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
    No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

    Visitors

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