Issue - meetings

The Board considered a report of the Operational Director, Finance, which summarised the work of Internal Audit during 2016/17 and presented an opinion on the effectiveness of the Council’s overall risk management, control and governance processes.

It was noted that the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS) required the Head of Internal Audit to deliver an annual audit opinion and report which could be used to inform the Annual Governance Statement.

The Board noted information set out in the report relating to:-

·       The Annual Opinion on the Council’s framework of governance, risk management and control;

·       A summary of work supporting the Annual Opinion;

·       A statement on conformance with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards;

·       The Internal Audit Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme; and

·       The Annual Review of the effectiveness of Internal Audit.

The Chair thanked all staff that had been involved in the preparation of the internal audit.

RESOLVED: That the Board notes and approves the Internal Audit Annual report 2016/17.