Agenda item

The Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Assurance submitted a report to provide the Committee with an update regarding the Annual Governance Review (AGR) process that had been determined and used to influence and assist in the preparation of the Council’s Statutory Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for 2022/23. 

It was noted that the Governance and Assurance Framework and the preparation of the AGS were key responsibilities of this Committee and the proposed timescales for the Annual Governance Review Process were outlined within the report. 

The timescale for the publication of the Statutory Accounts and the AGS had reverted to the timescales used pre-pandemic with final versions of both documents to be approved and published on the Council’s website by the end of September 2023. 

RESOLVED:

i)           That the Annual Governance Review Process for 2022/23 be noted. 

ii)          That further reports be submitted relating to the Annual Governance Review Process for 2022/23 and on how the Review would be used to inform the development of the Annual Governance Statement.