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Internal Audit Annual Report for 2020/2021

Meeting: 27/07/2021 - Audit Committee (Item 14)

14 DAP Annual Report for 2020 - 2021 (01:02:00) pdf icon PDF 2 MB

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.

Minutes:

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 3rd 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.