Issue - meetings

To update the Committee and provide assurance on the progress to address the significant governance issues identified within the 2024/25 Annual Governance Statement (AGS).

The Deputy Head of Audit and Risk Assurrance, Ms Vanessa Bateman, introduced the report.

The meeting heard: 

• Each specific action got  reviewed as part of the sort of year end cycle and into the next year. The actions were not likely to be fully completed by the end of the year.
• In response to a query that it was difficult to validate progress if milestones were not present, the meeting heard that the AGS looked at a target dates.  Some had spanned more than a couple of years and various of the actions were large in scale.
• The review of the governance and the identification of significant governance issues was one where the Council  went through the entirety of the council operations and tried to assess the significance of each one. The Head of Audit and Risk Assurance would speak to the appropriate director of the service and try to get some empirical information on issues that may involve significant governance issues.

The Audit Committee RESOLVED:

To note the progres reported.

To update the Committee and provide assurance on the progress to address the significant governance issues identified within the 2024/25 Annual Governance Statement (AGS).

This item was deferred to a future meeting.