Agenda item

The Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Assurance submitted a report supporting the updated Action Plan relating to the issues identified following the Annual Governance Review for 2020/21.

The Action Plan, which was detailed within Appendix 1 to the report, had been approved alongside the Annual Governance Statement by the Committee at the meeting on the 17^th November, 2021.  It captured the issues identified in the 2020/21 Annual Governance Statement and included some outstanding actions carried forward from the previous year’s Statement approved by the Committee on the 2^nd June 2021.

Arising out of the discussion, reference was made to the Declarations of Interest required to be completed by all officers of the Authority and to the actin being taken to ensure full compliance with this requirement. 

RESOLVED that the progress being made against each item listed in the Annual Governance Statement Action Plan be noted.