Issue - meetings

Report of the Chief Internal Auditor detailing the Annual Internal Audit Opinion 2018-19, attached.

The Committee considered the report of the Chief Internal Auditor detailing the Annual Internal Audit Opinion for 2018-19.  The Committee noted that the opinion remained as Limited Assurance and particularly noted the key areas of concern that remained as detailed in section 5 of the appendix.  The Committee also noted that some of the audits in progress with an implementation action plan would be impacted upon by other projects such as Business World as an example.

The Committee recognised improvements that were taking place but concluded that the Limited Assurance Opinion was correct and tied in with the Annual Governance Statement.  The Committee were concerned at the numbers of repeated Limited Assurance which was not acceptable and indicated that Service Directors needed to attend future meetings of the Committee to address the issues.

RESOLVED: 

(i)  That the Annual Audit Opinion for 2018/19 be noted; and

(ii)  That the Chair of the Committee work with officers to develop a timetable for attendance of Service Directors where Limited Assurance remained.