Agenda

The minutes of the meeting held on 27th September 2023 are attached and Members will be asked to confirm them as a correct record.

The Director of Delivery, Communications and Political Governance submits a report which provides an update on the Strategic and Operational Risk Registers.

Members will be asked to note the Strategic Risk Register and Operational Risk Register

Members will also be asked to make any comments to the Director of Delivery, Communications and Political Governance.

The Director of Finance submits a report to the Governance and Audit Committee which provides an update on the progress of the statement of accounts and external audit findings for 2022/23.

The Committee is recommended to note the contents of the report and the update provided on the progress of the external audit findings.

The Corporate Investigation Manager submits a report to inform the Committee on the work carried out by the Corporate Investigations Team during 2022/23 and the 2023/24 half year April 2023 to September 2023.

The Committee is recommended to receive and comment on the report and make any recommendations it sees fit to the Executive and/or the Director of Finance. .

The Director of Finance submits a report to the Governance and Audit Committee which presents an overview of the Council’s internal and external insurance arrangements and provides information on the claims received in recent years, and the results of the claims handling process.

The Committee is recommended to note the contents of the report, and the Council’s approach to ensuring it is managing the financial risk associated with the claims.

The purpose of this report is to provide a summary of the progresses against the 2023-24 and prior year Internal Audit Plans including:

                                                    i.     summary information on progress with implementing high importance recommendations.

                                                   ii.     summary of progress against the Internal Audit Plans.

                                                 iii.     commentary on the progress and resources used.

Members will be asked to note and comment on the contents of the report.

MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO NOTE

Under the law, the Committee is entitled to consider certain items in private where in the circumstances the public interest in maintaining the matter exempt from publication outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.  Members of the public will be asked to leave the meeting when such items are discussed.

The Committee is recommended to consider the following reports in private on the grounds that they contain ‘exempt’ information as defined by the Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985, as amended, and consequently that the Sub-Committee makes the following resolution:-

“that the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following reports in accordance with the provisions of Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, as amended, because they involve the likely disclosure of 'exempt' information, as defined in the Paragraphs detailed below of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, and taking all the circumstances into account, it is considered that the public interest in maintaining the information as exempt outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.”

Paragraph 3

Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority).

The Head of Finance submits a report on the Future Provision of the Internal Audit Service.