Internal Audit Monitoring Report
This report was presented at the last meeting of the Board, where it was agreed that an additional meeting of the Board be held as further consideration was required in relation to outstanding audits.
Minutes:
As requested at the previous meeting of the Board, the Deputy Chief Executive (Leisure, Culture, Environment and Community Services), the Executive Director, Finance and Corporate Resources and the Head of Finances and Resources attended the meeting to provide Members with an update on the outstanding audits yet to be completed.
The Executive Director, Finance and Corporate Resources informed the Board that the Internal Audit Monitoring Report would be monitored by the Worcestershire Internal Audit Shared Service Team. Officers then provided Members with updates for each of the outstanding audits. Following each update the Executive Director, Finance and Corporate Resources highlighted to Members the audits indentified as now being a lower priority and the audits that should be removed from the Internal Audit Monitoring Report.
Members were further informed that the Corporate Management Team (CMT) had been made aware of the concerns raised by the Board and that CMT were committed to giving priority to overdue actions.
The Chairman thanked officers for attending and for the detailed updates provided and in doing so he also stated that it was important that there was no further slippage.