Meeting documents

Details of all Members’ interests in District, Town and Parish Councils will be displayed in the meeting room. The Statutory Register of Member’s Interests can be inspected via the Community Governance team.

Members of the Audit Committee declared the following personal interests in their capacity as a Member of a District, City/Town or Parish Council:

Cllr M Caswell, Cllr S Coles, Cllr B Filmer, Cllr Ham, Cllr J Lock, Cllr Rigby, Cllr Ruddle, Cllr Thorne and Cllr J Williams.                                     

The Committee is asked to confirm the minutes are accurate.

The Committee agreed that the minutes of the meeting held on 21 September 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 this report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Independent Placements – Financial Controls audit undertaken in November 2016. Members considered and discussed the report which had the recommendations and progress made to date attached as Appendix A. Progress made  ...  view the full decision text for item 5.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Planned use of School balances audit undertaken in October 2016. Members considered and discussed the internal auditor’s report which was supplemented by 2 additional reports to the Schools Forum. An overview  ...  view the full decision text for item 6.

To consider this report from the External Auditors.

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

Members noted that since the last meeting the External Auditors had completed the Annual Audit Letter, which gave an unqualified opinion,  for 2016/17 and this  ...  view the full decision text for item 7.

To consider this report from the Internal Auditors.

The Committee considered and discussed this report from the Internal Auditors that summarised progress against the 2017/18 audit plan. It was noted that since the last report a further 5 audits had been completed with the Better Care Fund audit receiving a partial assurance. The Committee sought and received assurances  ...  view the full decision text for item 8.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report and received a presentation on the recovery of outstanding debts as at the end of October, including a comparison with the previous report and equivalent values over the last 12 months. It was noted that 99.8% of debt was collected however there remained a problem  ...  view the full decision text for item 9.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report from the Internal Auditors that provided an update following the recommendations received with the Debt Management audit undertaken in last February. It was noted that that there had been sufficient work on the debtors system to provide confidence there had been improvements and those changes  ...  view the full decision text for item 10.

To consider this report.

The Committee considered a report that highlighted key areas within the proposed new Income Code of practice. It was noted that the Internal Auditors commented that the previous code was out of date and not robust enough. The revised Income Code of Practice would be mandatory and must be complied  ...  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 the first 2 meetings in 2018.

There was a brief update on several matters and it was confirmed that the same number of fraud cases remained under investigation (6).

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 11.42.