Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Governance and Monitoring Officer is attached.

The Shared Service Lead (Audit and Risk) presented a report which advised the committee of the work undertaken in respect of the Internal Audit Plan from April 2021 to August 2021 and gave an appraisal of the Internal Audit Service’s performance to date.

Members noted the information contained within the report relating to completed audits. It was advised that the Health and Wellbeing Campus report was appended to the report, having been presented in draft form in June 2020. Internal Audit had now reviewed all the evidence and re-drafted the report, although the findings were still the same the style in which the report had been presented has changed.

The Shared Service Lead (Audit and Risk) advised Members that the Internal Audit team were slightly below target in terms of their own performance indicators mainly due to the recruitment exercise taking longer than anticipated, although the team was now fully resourced. The service was also seeking reaccreditation of ISO9001 and are on track to be re-accredited in December 2021.

In response to a member enquiry, it was explained that when the plan is put together the service estimates how many days are needed to complete each audit. However, this can change dependant upon what is uncovered during the audit.

Members sought clarification on the accuracy of data held by Neighbourhoods and asked what impact this would have on other services across the council. In response, the Shared Service Lead (Audit & Risk) explained that the review had taken place following a request from the Director who had concerns about the data within the system. However, progress had already been made to identify assets and improve records, the data would be ready to migrate to the new system by April 2022.

Resolved: (Unanimously)

That the report be noted.