Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer enclosed.

Dawn Highton, Service Lead - Audit and Risk presented a report relating to the results of the self-assessment carried out by Internal Audit against the requirement of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards and Local Government Application Note as a means of assessing the effectiveness of Internal Audit.

Cllr Turner referred to the recent Council decision to create a wholly Council owned Leisure Trading Company and asked for confirmation that the LATC would have no tax obligations as long as it fulfils criteria specified by the Government, including that it wholly owned and managed by the Council and has no involvement with private companies. The Director of Governance confirmed that this was the case and that there would be a single share owned by the Council and that would be the only shareholding.

In response to a member query Dawn Highton confirmed that the Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme would be featured in the Annual Report which will next be brought to Committee in May 2022.

RESOLVED:-

That the results of the self -assessment as part of the Governance Committee’s consideration of the system of internal control, be noted.