Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Devon Audit Partnership updating the Committee on the work performed by the internal audit during the financial year 2020/2021.

The Committee had before it, and NOTED, the DAP Annual Report *  updating it on the work performed by internal audit during the financial year 2020/2021.This should be considered alongside the Council’s own Annual Governance Statement.

The contents of the report were outlined with particular reference to the following:

·         The opinion of ‘Reasonable Assurance’ was explained as being a good outcome during a pandemic.

·         DAP were satisfied that adequate controls had been maintained.

·         Details included in the assurance map indicated some trends the Council needed to focus on such as 3^rd party resilience and governance, fraud, input processing and output controls. It had been identified that perhaps a more proactive approach needed to be taken to identify and address areas of weakness.  

·         Internal audit assessments could be discussed with any Member of the Council so long as confidential elements were respected.

Note: * Report previously circulated; copy attached to the signed minutes.