Issue - meetings

(a)       That the report be accepted; and

(b)       That the Internal Audit Progress Report be received on a quarterly basis in June, September, January and March.

The Internal Audit, Performance & Risk Manager presented the regular update on progress against the Plan, final reports issued, action tracking, performance indicators and current investigations.  Since the last report, there was one Red (limited assurance) report as included later on the agenda.  On action tracking, there was a reduction in the number of overdue actions and alternative ways of managing these were being explored to make better use of officer time.  Performance indicators for the service had been impacted by the number of audits undertaken during the period and focus given to the red assurance report.

As requested by Sally Ellis, the Amber/Green assurance report on Organisational Ethics and Values would be shared with the Committee.  The high priority action on the notification of leavers to the Clwyd Pension Fund, which had been implemented after finalising the report, would be updated.

Following concerns raised by Allan Rainford on the overdue action on Payroll 2017/18 which had been delayed due to capacity issues, an update on progress would be shared with the Committee.

The Committee agreed with the Internal Audit, Performance & Risk Manager’s suggestion that the progress report be omitted from November meetings to present a true reflection of quarterly statistics and given the proximity between the September and November dates.

On that basis, the recommendations were moved by Councillor Arnold Woolley and seconded by Sally Ellis.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the report be accepted; and

(b)       That the Internal Audit Progress Report be received on a quarterly basis in June, September, January and March.