Issue - meetings

To receive a report regarding the Internal Audit of the 21^st Century Council Programme.

The Committee was updated on the Internal Audit of the 21^st Century Council Programme.

During the discussion of this item the following points were made:

·         The Assistant Director Governance commented that Internal Audit work had been conducted on various aspects of the 21^st century council programme; governance, risk management, finance and the IT work stream programme management.  This had been part of a rolling programme of audit work that would continue over the lifetime of the project.

·         The Executive and Overview and Scrutiny Committees also monitored the progress of the 21^st century council programme.

·         An audit opinion category 2 – Substantially Complete and Generally Effective (the second highest of the four Audit Opinions) had been assigned as a result of the audit review.

·         Members asked that the results of the audit be sent to the relevant Executive Member and Deputy Executive Member if not already done so.

RESOLVED:  That the internal audit memorandum summarising the conclusion from the audit of the 21^st Century Council programme be noted.