Agenda

To receive any apologies for absence.

To receive any questions relating to items on the Agenda from members of the public and replies thereto.

To record any interests on agenda matters.

To consider whether to approve the minutes as a correct record of the meeting held on 24 January 2023.

To receive any announcements that the Chairman may wish to make.

To receive a report from the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager and the Corporate Manager for People, Performance & Waste providing Members with an update on performance against the Corporate Plan and local service targets for quarter 3 (2022/2023).

To receive a report from the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager

To receive a report from the Corporate Performance and Improvement Manager and the Corporate Manager for People, Governance & Waste presenting the Committee with the updated Risk Management Policy for approval.

To receive the Devon Audit Partnership Internal Audit Progress Report.

To receive and approve the Devon Audit Partnership Internal Audit Charter and Strategy.

To receive the Devon Audit Partnership Internal Audit Plan for 2023 – 2024.

Discussion with regard to the next item, may require the Committee to pass the following resolution to exclude the press and public having reflected on Article 12 12.02(d) (a presumption in favour of openness) of the Constitution. This decision may be required because consideration of this matter in public may disclose information falling within one of the descriptions of exempt information in Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972. The Committee would need to decide whether, in all the circumstances of the case, the public interest in maintaining the exemption, outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. 

Recommended that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the public be excluded from the next item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 respectively of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

To receive the Devon Audit Partnership Cyber Security Audit for 2022 – 2023.

To receive a verbal update from Grant Thornton on the 2021/2022 Financial Statement audit, the 2021/2022 Value For Money opinion and the 2021/2022 Certification work.

To receive the Chairman’s Annual Report on the work of the Committee during 2022/2023.

Members are asked to note that the following items are already identified in the work programme for the next meeting:

·         Election of Chairman for 2023/2024

·         Election of Vice Chairman for 2023/2024

·         Start time of meetings

·         Performance and Risk

·         AGS Action Plan update

·         DAP Internal Audit Outturn Report for 2022/2023

·         Internal Audit Progress Report

·         External Audit Progress Report and Sector Update

·         External Audit Plan for 2023/2024 (tbc)

Note: This item is limited to 10 minutes. There should be no discussion on the items raised.