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Agenda item

Internal Audit Annual Report 2018/19.

Minutes:

Simon Cockings, Chief Auditor, presented a report which outlines and reviews the work of the Internal Audit Section during 2018/19 and includes the Chief Auditor’s required opinion on the internal control environment for 2018/19 based on the audit testing completed in the year.

 

He outlined and detailed the contents of the report, including the following key areas:

·         Staffing issues;

·         87%  of audits were completed to at least draft report stage during the year, whilst a further 5 audits were in progress

·         Time spent per area was outlined in Appendix 1

·         The audits finalised during 2018/19 were outlined fully at Appendix 2

·         During the year 99% of recommendations made had been accepted by clients.

·         Grants certified and audited in 2018/19

·         Follow up audits undertaken

·         Performance Indicators – 10 out of 11 Performance Indicators had been met, which was an improvement on 2017/18. These were outlined fully in Appendix 3

·         Quality Assurance & Improvement Programme & Statement of Conformance with PSIAS

·         Statement of Organisational Independence

·         Internal Control Opinion

 

He placed on record his thanks to the team for their excellent work during the past year.

 

The Committee raised questions around issues of training, setting achievable targets, comparable performance indicators particularly with those Authorities that do not set / use performance indicators. 

 

Resolved that the report be noted and approved.

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