Agenda item

The Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Assurance submitted a report which provided a summary of the Internal Audit activity completed, and the key issues arising from it, for the period 1 July 2023 to 31 October 2023.

It was noted that one piece of work was deferred, Council Wide (Core) Partnership Governance, and 9 reports of reasonable assurance had been issued.

The Committee noted that the SAP replacement system had been cancelled after discussion with finance colleagues due to SAP delaying the end of their support nationally for the system for a number of years.

RESOLVED that the Audit and Governance Committee:-

(i)              Considered the issues arising from completed Internal Audit work in the period along with the responses received from management;

(ii)             Noted the assurance opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Authority’s internal control framework based on the work of Internal Audit in the period; and

(iii)           Noted the progress against the Internal Audit plan for 2023/24 for the period.