Issue - meetings

[To receive a progress report on the internal audit plan.]

Peter Farrow, Head of Audit, presented the Internal Audit Progress Report that provided the Committee with a summary of the internal audit reviews completed to date, and the levels of assurance assigned to each such review. A narrative was also provided regarding any key issues identified.

The Committee were advised that the school audit visit programme, had been put on hold throughout 2020-2021 as a result of Covid-19, but that they had recommenced from September 2021.

The Audit team had adopted a more continuous audit  approach to transaction testing on the Council’s key financial systems. A summary report of the year’s findings will then be produced at the end of the year and reported to the Committee. However, any significant issues would be flagged with the service area immediately

Resolved:

That the contents of the latest internal audit update as at the end of quarter two be noted.