Issue - meetings

          The Board considered a report of the Strategic Director, Community and Resources, which provided Members with details of the scale of fees for the external audit work for 2016/17.

          The Board was advised that the Local Audit Accountability Act 2014 provided a new framework for local public audit. As the Audit Commission ceased from March 2015, the secretary of State for Communities had delegated some statutory functions to Public Sector Audit Appointments Limited (PSAA) on a transitional basis.

          The letter attached to the report, set out the details of the audit fee proposed by the PSAA along with the scope and timing of external audit work and the team that would be working on the audit.

          RESOLVED: That the 2016/17 audit fee and the scope and timing of the planned external audit work be noted.