Issue - meetings

To receive the Annual Counter Fraud Resilience and Assessment Report from the Devon Assurance Partnership (DAP).

The Committee had before it, and NOTED, a report * from the Devon Assurance Partnership (DAP) providing the Annual Counter Fraud Resilience and Assessment Report.

The following was highlighted:

·       DAP were currently in the process of recruiting a new fraud expert and the successful candidate would be introduced at a future meeting of the Audit Committee.

·       DAP had recommended that the Council go through a self-assessment process in relation to fraud. That process had now taken place and no issues of concern had been identified.

It was requested by the Independent Person (IP) that the revised Fraud Policy be shared with the Committee and that the Code of Conduct also made reference to fraud. This was AGREED. Reciprocally, it was requested that the IP shared any good practice she was aware of with the Committee so that processes and policies could be tightened up where necessary.

Note: * Report previously circulated.