Issue - meetings

That the report be approved, subject to the change of title to ‘Strategic and Operational Plan’.

The Internal Audit Manager presented the proposed Internal Audit plan for the three year period 2013/14 to 2015/16 and detailed the considerations to be made by the Committee.

Following a query raised by Councillor G.H. Bateman, the Internal Audit Manager explained that the review of absence management would look at the process for reporting and monitoring staff sickness to ensure that proper controls were in place.

In relation to the ‘Strategy for Internal Audit’, Councillor R.B. Jones felt that whilst one page represented the Strategy, the rest of the document was a detailed Plan and should be separate.

Following comments by other Members, the Democracy & Governance Manager suggested that the title sheet of the document should reflect that this was both a Strategy and Operational Plan.  This was agreed by the Committee.

Councillor Jones re-stated his view that there should be two separate documents and the Internal Audit Manager said that this could be taken into future consideration.

RESOLVED:

That the report be approved, subject to the change of title to ‘Strategic and Operational Plan’.