Agenda and minutes

To receive the minutes of the meeting held on 20^th January, 2016

The Committee will receive a report detailing action taken and arising from previous meetings of the Committee.

The Head of Internal Audit will submit a report prefacing the annually reviewed and revised Internal Audit Charter and Strategy.

The Head of Internal Audit will submit a report providing details of the Corporate Anti-Fraud Team’s Plan for 2016/17 which is supported by the Corporate Anti-Fraud Strategy.

The Executive Director Finance, Assets and Information Services will submit a report providing the Committee with details of the recent external assessment of the Internal Audit arrangements for the Authority against the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PAIAS).

The Executive Director Finance, Assets and Information Services and the Executive Director Legal and Governance will submit a joint report presenting the updated Action Plan as requested by the Committee at the meeting held on the 20^th January, 2016.

The Committee will receive the External Audit Progress Report and Technical Update.

The Committee will receive a report supplementing the Annual Audit Letter describing how the External Auditors will deliver the financial statements and audit work for the Council and setting out the approach to Value for Money work for 2015/16.

The Council’s External Auditor will submit a report on a survey undertaken in 2015, analysing the assumptions and techniques used by clients to generate budgets and to monitor them the outcome of which is hoped will help Local Authorities take a fresh look at their approach to budget setting and monitoring.

The Committee will receive the indicative Audit Committee Work Plan for 2015/16 and 2016/17.

It is likely that the public and press will be excluded from this meeting during consideration of the item so marked because of the likely disclosure of exempt information.

The Head of Internal Audit will submit a report presenting the indicative Internal Audit Plan for the financial (audit) year 2016/17, describing the rationale and process for setting the plan, the risk assessment process used and how Internal Audit resources are calculated and deployed.