Issue - meetings

To receive a report from the Internal Audit Team Leader updating the Committee on the work performed by Internal Audit for the 2016/17 financial year.

The Committee had before it, and NOTED, a report * from the Internal Audit Team Leader updating it on the work performed by Internal Audit for the 2016/17 financial year.

This was the first progress report for the 2016/17 financial year and summarised performance between the period of 1 April 2016 to 31 May 2016. Core audits were not scheduled to start until the autumn. Systems audits had been completed for Refuse and Recycling, Stores and Data Protection & Information Security. Summary findings in relation to each of these had been included within the report.

Overall 24% of audit recommendations were overdue compared with 25% at the end of 2015/16. Two of the three high priority recommendations had been referred to the Audit Committee for approval to extend the deadline. It was AGREED that an extension of time be approved. However, since progress had been made in reducing the number of high priority recommendations attention now needed to be focussed on the medium priority recommendations. The Chairman requested that the senior officers present take this message back to the Management Team.

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