Report No. 126/2018 was received from the Head of Internal Audit, the purpose of which was to provide the Committee with the Head of Internal Audit’s Assurance Opinion for 2017/18 and the Annual Report detailing the basis for this opinion, for review and approval.

During discussion the following points were noted:

1. Members asked for clarification on the contrasting opinions with regard to the design control environment and the compliance with controls in tables 1 and 2 under section 2 of the report.  Miss Ashley-Caunt clarified that the rating of substantial was the highest that could be given and it was positive that 66% had reached this standard.  However, when the controls were tested some did not operate consistently due to the need to embed or refine the processes around them, which is why they had been given a lower rating in this area.  This did not cause concern.

RESOLVED

To APPROVE the Annual Internal Audit Report and Assurance Opinion for 2017/18.

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Mr Norman and Mr Crawley left the meeting and did not return.

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