Issue - meetings

To outline to Members the updated Corporate Anti-Fraud and Corruption Strategy and Fraud and Irregularity Response Plan.

a)           That the Committee approve the changes agreed by the Audit Committee for the Corporate Anti-Fraud & Corruption Strategy; and

b)           That the Committee approve the changes agreed by the Audit Committee for the Fraud & Irregularity Response Plan.

The report was presented by the Internal Audit Manager who explained the differences between the old and the new policy.  The Chair then invited questions.

            Councillor Chris Bithell raised a recent Council Tax issue to which the Internal Audit Manager responded that this was a Trading Standards issue.

            Members then raised a number of questions to which the Internal Audit Manager responded, giving an undertaking to make the necessary changes to the document.  It was confirmed that Member training to support the revised policy would be made available in due course.

RESOLVED:

a)           That the Committee approve the changes agreed by the Audit Committee for the Corporate Anti-Fraud & Corruption Strategy; and

b)           That the Committee approve the changes agreed by the Audit Committee for the Fraud & Irregularity Response Plan.