Decision details

The Committee considered the draft Annual Governance Statement (AGS) presented at Appendix 'A' to the report for inclusion in the Council's Annual Statement of Accounts for 2015/16. 

Officers responded to concerns raised by the Members including the ability to access timely and accurate information and data from the council's Liquid Logic systems.  The Committee was advised that steps were being taken to address this area of concern and that a report on the proposed improvements to the systems would be presented to the next meeting of the committee on 26 September, 2016.

It was noted that the Annual Governance Statement 2015/16 would be updated for the September meeting to reflect progress being made on areas such as the delivery of the Ofsted Improvement Plan and the outcome of the Local Government Association's Peer Review of the Council's Finance Service.

Resolved:  i)That the draft Annual Governance Statement for 2015/16 presented at Appendix A to the report be approved for inclusion in the County Council's Statement of Accounts for 2015/16.

ii) That a report on the proposed improvements to the Liquid Logic systems be presented to the next meeting of the Committee on 26 September 2016.