Issue - meetings

The Head of Internal Audit submitted the annual report for 2019/20 and informed the Committee that it is a requirement of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards that the Head of Internal Audit delivers an annual internal audit opinion and report that can be used by the organisation to inform its annual governance statement.

The Head of Internal Audit introduced the report and invited the Committee to note that it found the Council’s internal control arrangements to be satisfactory as well as confirming that the Audit Team was on target for completing internal audits. Members were invited to review the work of Corporate Fraud Team at Appendix One, which included details of £3.2m of actual or notional savings that had been identified through its work. The Head of Internal Audit also referred to the summary of Internal Audits Dashboard attached as Appendix 2 to the report

Resolved - That the Head of Internal Audit Annual Report and Opinion 2019/20 be noted.

(Councillor Jim Robbins made a personal but non-prejudicial declaration of interest with regard to this item in that he is a governor of Even Swindon Primary School.)