Decision details

Internal Audit Service Progress Report

Decision Maker: Audit, Risk and Governance Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Decisions:

Ruth Lowry, Chief Internal Auditor, presented the Internal Audit Progress Report. The report highlighted a number of key areas of work undertaken by the Internal  Audit Service during the period to 31 December 2014.

 

It was noted that the provisional audit plan for the year was considered by the Audit and Governance Committee in June 2014 and the Internal Audit team began that work as the previous year's work was completed. The Committee considered the annual audit report for 2013/14 in September 2014, and the Management Team was committed to rectify the control weaknesses identified in that report and to ensure that the council's internal controls were adequately designed and operating effectively, and sought the Internal Audit Service's cooperation and support.

 

Members enquired why the follow-up work had not begun earlier and were informed that this was only possible once management had implemented the controls improvements. An Audit Manager had been specifically seconded out of the team to work more directly with managers to ensure that appropriate control frameworks were implemented. Internal audit work would follow when the work was complete, to consider whether appropriate action had been taken to rectify the control weaknesses identified. Work began in January 2015 to address the corporate information governance arrangements, central procurement, initial assessment for direct payments in ASHW and the case file audit process within CYP.

 

Resolved: That the Committee note the Internal Audit Service Progress Report for the nine months to 31 December 2014.

 

 

 

Date of decision: 26/01/2015

Decided at meeting: 26/01/2015 - Audit, Risk and Governance Committee

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