Issue - meetings

The Director of Finance presents to Committee the Internal Audit operational plans for the third and fourth quarters of the financial year 2015-16. The Committee are asked to note the Internal Audit operational plans.

The Director of Finance presented the Internal Audit operational plans for the third and fourth quarters of the financial year 2015-16.

The Committee noted that interviews had been held for the vacant IT Auditor post and an offer made.  It was hoped that the person could be in post in early January 2016.

It was noted that other meetings would review the action plan arising from the report issued in March 2015 by the Office for Standards in Education (Ofsted) regarding children’s services.  However, it was suggested that the outcomes of subsequent inspections of cases by Ofsted could be reported to this Committee.

An additional 18 risks had been identified and included in the Children’s Divisional Operational Risk Register.  The Register also had been updated to reflect comments previously made by the Committee.  A sub-register had been established to look at specific risks.

Having considered the report submitted, Members suggested that it could be useful to have “traffic light” system to help identify the highest risks.  However, officers advised that the items suggested for inclusion in the Operational Plan tended to be the highest risk items in the Operational Risk Register.

RESOLVED:

1)    That the Internal Audit operational plans for the third and fourth quarters of 2015/16 be noted;

2)    That the Strategic Director Children’s Services be asked to report the outcome of the recent visit to the Council by the Office for Standards in Education in relation to the Action Plan for improvements to Children’s Services to this Committee; and

3)    That the Risk Register for Children’s Services be submitted to the Committee in February 2016, along with the Operational Risk Register.