Issue - meetings

The Committee received a report from the Head of Shared Internal Audit Service. The Internal Audit Team has been externally assessed as generally conforming with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards and the accompanying Local Government Application Note.

The Head of Shared Internal Audit Service said the following in response to Members’ questions:

       i.          Undertook to review good practice (eg using the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy guidance) and bring this back to committee to improve its work.

     ii.          Internal customer feedback sessions had waned over time but had now been re-introduced. These occurred on an annual basis as they were resource intensive.

The committee noted that the Internal Audit team had completed the Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme as required by the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards.