Issue - meetings

Report of the Head of Audit and Risk Management to advise the Audit Committee of the proposed report to Full Council in respect of the work undertaken by the Audit Committee during 2007/08.

The Head of Audit and Risk Management, Anne Woods, presented this report, which was primarily based on minutes and resolutions from Audit Committee meetings held during 2007/08, with the information presented using the same headings as the Committee’s Terms of Reference.

The Chair suggested that the reference to the ‘Statement of Internal Control’ in the summary be replaced by the ‘Annual Governance Statement’, and also suggested that the first bullet point under the heading ‘Corporate Governance and regulatory framework’ be amended to read:

• In performing their role in this area, the Audit Committee considers at its Committee meetings the written confirmation of the actions taken by the Council’s managers, who are responsible for ensuring adequate systems of control and assurance are in place, and receives information during the course of the year in order to discharge their responsibilities.

On a motion by the Chair it was:

RESOLVED

i)                    That, subject to the relevant wording being amended as above, the draft report on the work of the Committee during 2007/08 be approved.

ii)                  That the final version of the report be presented to the next available Full Council meeting for information.