Issue - meetings

[To approve the risk based internal audit plan for 2019-2020]

Peter Farrow, Head of Audit presented for review and approval the Internal Audit Plan for 2019/2020.

Referring to the HMO Licensing review, Councillor Philip Bateman MBE asked for a report on whether there had been an increase in the issue of HMO licenses. The Head of Audit undertook to provide an update at the next meeting.

The Chair queried the reference in the proposed ‘Equal Pay Liabilities’ review to ‘the risk of new claims significantly reducing on 1 April 2019 deadline’. The Head of Audit reported that there was a six year time limit by when equal pay claims need to be submitted.  31 March 2019 was the deadline for the submission of claims.

In response to a question from the Chair, the Head of Audit advised that the review of the Civic Halls Programme would take place at the end of quarter one/ start of quarter two of 2019/2020.

The Chair also asked whether the review of ‘Licensing (Private Hire) area’ would cover the issues raised in recent media reports about the Council’s private hire licensing procedures.  The Head of Audit confirmed that the feedback received and the national view on licensing would all be taken into account during the review.

Resolved:

That the risk based internal audit plan for 2019/2020 be approved.