Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report from Mr. A. Bromage, Internal Audit Manager, Worcestershire Internal Audit Shared Service, on the draft internal Audit Operational Plan together with the key performance indicators for the Internal Audit Shared Service.

Mr. Bromage explained that the Annual Plan had been drawn up following discussions with the Section 151 Officer and Heads of Service and was a risk based plan. Mr. Bromage and the Executive Director (Finance and Resources) responded to Members’ questions in relation to:

• the purpose of days allocated to Shared Service Delivery (Client)
• Section 106 Agreements
• Bromsgrove Urban and Rural Transport service
• the days allocated to catch up work from the previous year

In addition Members queried the days allocated to Transitional (Critical Friend) and the Risk Management days and whether this was the best use of the Audit days available. The Executive Director (Finance and Resources) undertook to discuss this further with the Internal Audit Manager to ensure best value was obtained from the days available.

Following discussion it was

RESOLVED:

(a)       that the report be noted subject to the discussion referred to in the preamble; and

(b)       that the key performance indicators for the Worcestershire Internal Audit Shared Service for 2013/2014 be approved.