Agenda

Audit and Governance Board - Wednesday, 18th March, 2026 6.30 p.m.

Venue: The Board Room - Municipal Building, Widnes. View directions

Contact: Gill Ferguson on 0151 511 8059 or e-mail  gill.ferguson@halton.gov.uk 

Items
No. Item

1.

MINUTES pdf icon PDF 130 KB

2.

DECLARATION OF INTEREST

Members are reminded of their responsibility to declare any Disclosable Pecuniary Interest or Other Disclosable Interest which they have in any item of business on the agenda, no later than when that item is reached or as soon as the interest becomes apparent and, with Disclosable Pecuniary interests, to leave the meeting during any discussion or voting on the item.

 

3.

Standards Update pdf icon PDF 206 KB

4.

Anti-Fraud and Corruption Plan – 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 332 KB

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5.

Risk Management Progress Update pdf icon PDF 212 KB

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6.

Annual Auditor's Report 2024/25 - Action Plan pdf icon PDF 664 KB

7.

External Audit Plan – 2025/26 Year-End pdf icon PDF 372 KB

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8.

Informing the External Audit Risk Assessment pdf icon PDF 199 KB

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9.

Recruitment of an Independent Member pdf icon PDF 371 KB

10.

Internal Audit Plan 2026/27 pdf icon PDF 410 KB

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11.

Internal Audit Progress Report Part I pdf icon PDF 369 KB

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SCHEDULE 12A OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1972 AND THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (ACCESS TO INFORMATION) ACT 1985

PART II

In this case the Board has a discretion to exclude the press and public and, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted, it is RECOMMENDED that under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

 

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Internal Audit Progress Report Part II