Council and councillors

Report No. 154/2018 was received from the Head of Internal Audit, the purpose of which was to update members on the progress made in delivering the 2018/19 Annual Audit Plan and outcomes from audit assignments completed since the last Committee meeting.

Miss Ashley-Caunt, Head of Internal Audit, introduced the report and noted that at the half-way point the plan was on track.  There were no high priority audit recommendations which were overdue for implementation (Appendix B).  Appendix F detailed the terms of reference for the Project Governance and Risk Management Audit as requested by members at the last meeting.

During discussion the following points were noted:

1. It was normal practice to request parent company guarantees where the Council entered into a contract with a large company providing a significant service;
2. Grant claims were audited in order to provide assurance over compliance with terms and these were completed at various times during the financial year as required;
3. There was no impact anticipated on the delivery of the audit service by LGSS as a result of the changes at Northamptonshire; and
4. A detailed update on the outstanding arrears owed by the Clinical Commissioning Group would be brought to the next meeting.

RESOLVED

The Committee NOTED the Internal Audit update report (Appendix A of Report No.154/2018).

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The Chair adjourned the meeting to allow for Mr G Brown, Portfolio Holder for Planning, Environment, Property and Finance, to join the meeting.

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Mr Brown joined the meeting and the Chair reconvened the meeting.

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