Agenda

Audit, Risk and Governance Committee - Monday, 24th March, 2025 2.00 pm

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Venue: Committee Room 'B' - The Diamond Jubilee Room, County Hall, Preston. View directions

Contact: Hannah Race 

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

2.

Disclosure of Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Interests

Members are asked to consider any pecuniary and non-pecuniary interests they may have to disclose to the meeting in relation to matters under consideration on the agenda.

3.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 27 January 2025 pdf icon PDF 214 KB

To be confirmed and signed by the Chair.

4.

External Audit: Progress Report and Sector Update pdf icon PDF 116 KB

Additional documents:

5.

Internal Audit Progress Report pdf icon PDF 121 KB

Additional documents:

6.

Internal Audit Annual Plan 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 121 KB

Additional documents:

7.

Local Member Grants Scheme Annual Report 2024/25 pdf icon PDF 155 KB

8.

Lancashire Culture and Sport Fund Annual Report 2024/25 pdf icon PDF 173 KB

Additional documents:

9.

The Council's Annual Governance Statement 2024/25 and Code of Corporate Governance 2025/26 pdf icon PDF 147 KB

Additional documents:

10.

Corporate Risk and Opportunity Register - Quarterly Update pdf icon PDF 133 KB

Additional documents:

11.

Urgent Business

An item of urgent business may only be considered under this heading where, by reason of special circumstances to be recorded in the minutes, the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion that the item should be considered at the meeting as a matter of urgency.  Wherever possible, the Chief Executive should be given advance warning of any member’s intention to raise a matter under this heading.

12.

Date of Next Meeting

The next meeting of the committee will be held on Monday 21 July 2025 at 2.00 pm at County Hall, Preston.

13.

Exclusion of Press and Public

The committee is asked to consider whether, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, it considers that the public should be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business on the grounds that there would be a likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in the appropriate paragraph of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972, as indicated against the heading to the item.

 

Part II (Not open to Press and Public)

14.

Appendix C to Item 10 - Corporate Risk and Opportunity Register - Quarterly Update

(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information).

 

15.

Annual Report of the Senior Information Risk Owner 2024/25

(Not for Publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 3 and 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972.  It is considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information).