Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Head of Audit, Procurement and Operational Finance, which summarised the work completed by Internal Audit during 2023/24. It also included the overall assurance opinion on the Council’s risk management, control and governance processes.

          The Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS) required the Head of Internal Audit to deliver an annual audit opinion and report that could be used to inform the Annual Governance Statement (the Internal Audit Annual Report 2023/24 was appended to the report).

 It was noted that it was the view of the Head of Internal Audit that sufficient audit work was completed during the year to be able to form an overall opinion.  

A Councillor commented that the financial challenges faced by the Council were due to underfunding from Central Government and not from poor management and it was agreed that this would be noted in the minutes of the meeting.

RESOLVED:  That the Board receives and notes the other report as a source of independent assurance regarding the Council’s risk management control and governance processes operating across the Council during 2023/24.