Issue - meetings

That the approach to dealing with reports by external audits, other regulators and inspectors in 2013 be noted.

The Democracy & Governance Manager presented the first annual report detailing reports received from external auditors, other regulators and inspectors.  At a meeting between the Committee and Overview & Scrutiny Chairs and Vice-Chairs, it had been agreed that existing practices could be improved upon by maintaining a record of progress on such reports to give assurance of the effective reporting arrangements already in place.  A list of reports issued in 2013 included those from the Wales Audit Office (WAO) all of which had been received by the Committee.

The Chief Executive explained that this was the first annual report in which information was collated on existing practices for reporting arrangements, which reflected responsibilities of Cabinet, Audit Committee and Overview & Scrutiny for the consideration of these external reports without exception.  The Council had been operating a protocol in publicly reporting all regulatory reports with a full corporate response for a number of years.

Ms. Amanda Hughes of WAO commented that the report provided the Committee with a useful summary of report monitoring.

RESOLVED:

That the approach to dealing with reports by external audits, other regulators and inspectors in 2013 be noted.