Issue - meetings

That the report be accepted.

The Interim Internal Audit Manager presented the update on progress of the Internal Audit department including changes to the audit plan, action tracking, performance indicators and investigations.

On action tracking, the Chief Executive said that many overdue actions involved reasonable explanations and that the adopted process enabled a higher degree of ownership.  The Interim Internal Audit Manager reported positive feedback by the Chief Officer team.

In response to queries from Councillor Alison Halford, it was explained that more time was needed to complete the review of policy and procedures for the North East Wales (NEW) Homes, which was still a relatively new company.  On Section 106 agreements, the Finance Manager - Technical Accountancy confirmed that the working group had met in February 2017 and were due to meet again next month to make further progress on the actions.

Councillor Haydn Bateman asked about the investigation on the use of grant monies and was advised that that more details would be shared with the Committee once the Police investigation had reached its conclusion.

The Chairman referred to some of the longer term revised due dates on actions by Social Services and sought assurance on the interim management of risks.  The Interim Internal Audit Manager agreed to include more detail for all actions with a revised due date as part of the next update report.

RESOLVED:

That the report be accepted.