Issue - meetings

Ian Rushworth, internal audit manager presented a report on the complaints dealt with arising from the council's Whistleblowing Policy in the previous 12 months.

Since the last report in May 2012, the internal audit service had received 21 complaints which fell under the policy.  Details of the complaints were shown at Appendix A to the report. The committee noted that 11 complaints related to financial issues whilst the remainder were categorised as general issues.

The 21 complaints represented a significant increase on the 7 cases logged in the previous 12 months. It was speculated that this could be as a result of the policy being re-communicated and a number of high profile investigations.

Resolved: The internal audit progress report for the six months to 30 September 2013 as now presented be noted.