Issue - meetings

That the outcomes and training requirements identified in the action plan from the self-assessment be noted and progressed.

The Internal Audit, Performance & Risk Manager presented the report on the results of the self-assessment undertaken by the Committee in October during an online workshop.  The overall results were positive and would feed into preparations on the Annual Governance Statement for 2021/22.

Sally Ellis formally proposed that the actions identified from the workshop be taken forward to form the basis for further development of the Committee.  On interaction with Overview & Scrutiny, she asked that outcomes of items referred for discussion be reported back to enable this Committee to identify any actions within its own remit.  She also said that more clarity was needed on the process for escalating issues of poor performance identified in audit reports.

On the latter, the Chief Officer (Governance) would discuss options with the Internal Audit, Performance & Risk Manager who advised that service managers were expected to refer any limited assurance (red) reports to the relevant Overview & Scrutiny Committee.  On the first point, she confirmed that outcomes from the self-assessment would be included in the Annual Report to be submitted for approval by Council in December.

It was further agreed that preparations for the Annual Report should incorporate a review of the Committee’s Terms of Reference to ensure that the remit was being met in full.

The recommendation was moved and seconded by Councillors Arnold Woolley and Geoff Collett.

RESOLVED:

That the outcomes and training requirements identified in the action plan from the self-assessment be noted and progressed.