Meeting documents

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There were no declarations made.

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 27 July were accurate, and the Chairman signed them.

The Chairman will allow members of the public to present a petition on any matter within the Committee’s remit. Questions or statements about any matter on the agenda for this meeting will be taken at the time when each matter is considered.

There were no members of the public present, and hence no questions asked, statements/comments made or petitions presented.

To consider the report.

The Committee considered and discussed this report, introduced by the External Auditor’s Engagement Manager that provided an overall summary of progress in delivering this year’s audit.

Members noted that since the last meeting the External Auditors had reviewed the Pension Fund Annual Report and were satisfied that it was consistent  ...  view the full decision text for item 5.

To consider the report.

The Committee considered and discussed this report from the Internal Auditors that summarised progress against the 2017/18 audit plan. There was an overview of the 3 partial opinions regarding audit relating to the New General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR); Data Subject Access Requests (DSAR); and the Regulation of Investigatory Powers  ...  view the full decision text for item 6.

To consider the report

The Committee considered this report, introduced by the Governance Manager in detail and held a discussion on the latest risk management update.

It was highlighted to Members that the risk score for ORG0043 (Maintain a Sustainable Budget) had remained at a score of 20 and that a range of organisational  ...  view the full decision text for item 7.

To consider the report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Safeguarding Alerts Audit issued last May.

Members were reminded that the Audit had been commissioned to assess the adequacy of the control and procedures in place for the processes across the  ...  view the full decision text for item 8.

To consider the report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Data Quality Audit issued last January.

Members were reminded that the Audit had focussed on the use of AIS as the Adult Social Care case management system and the measures in  ...  view the full decision text for item 9.

To consider the report

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Financial Management of Care Provision issued last March.

It was noted that the audit had been undertaken after a number of projects which had resulted in significant changes to staff and  ...  view the full decision text for item 10.

To consider the report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Personal Finance Contributions, Income Collection issued last March.

Members were reminded that the audit had been undertaken after a number of projects which had resulted in significant changes to staff and  ...  view the full decision text for item 11.

To consider this report

The Committee considered and discussed its Forward Work Plan of future agenda items and reports for forthcoming meetings in 2017 and in to 2018.

It was agreed that the November meeting would include an item on Debt recovery and the January meeting would have an Anti-Fraud and Corruption themed agenda.  ...  view the full decision text for item 12.

The Chairman may raise any items of urgent business.

There were no other items for consideration and the Chairman thanked all those present for attending. The meeting closed at 11.11.