Issue - items at meetings - Annual External Audit Report 2005/2006

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Annual External Audit Report 2005/2006

Meeting: 19/02/2007 - Audit Board (this committee has been combined with the Audit, Standards & Governance Committee and no longer meets) (Item 31)

31 Annual External Audit Report 2005/2006 pdf icon PDF 87 KB

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Minutes:

The Chairman welcomed Mr. J. Gorrie, a Director of KPMG LLP (UK), the Council's appointed Auditor, together with Mr. N. Rafiq, Assistant Manager at KPMG LLP (UK).

 

Mr. Gorrie and Mr. Rafiq formally presented their report which summarised the work undertaken by KPMG throughout the year.  The Audit of Data Quality was described in further detail as this was a new area for review, introduced by the Audit Commission.  Mr. Rafiq outlined the three stage process which had been carried out and explained the findings of the review.  Members then gave consideration to the Annual External Audit Report 2005/2006 document.

 

RESOLVED:

(i)         that the Annual External Audit Report for 2005/2006 be noted and accepted;

(ii)        that the management response recommendations to the External Audit Report for 2005/2006 be endorsed; and

(iii)       that the thanks of the Board be expressed to the Auditors for the valuable and beneficial working relationship during the last few years.