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INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2021/22 - MONITORING REPORT AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021

Meeting: 25/11/2021 - Governance and Audit Committee (Item 31)

31 INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2021/22 - MONITORING REPORT AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 2021 pdf icon PDF 385 KB

The Director of Finance and IT will submit Document “Q” which monitors the progress made by Internal Audit against the Internal Audit Plan for 2021/22 as at 30 September 2021.

 

Recommended -

 

(1)  That the anticipated coverage and changes of Internal Audit work during the year be endorsed.

 

(2)  That Internal Audit be requested to monitor the control environment, risk management and governance arrangements and continues to assess areas of control weakness and the ability of management to deliver improvements to the control environment when required.

 

(Mark St Romaine – 01274 432888)

 

Decision:

Resolved -

 

(1)  That the anticipated coverage and changes of Internal Audit work during the year be endorsed.

 

(2)  That Internal Audit be requested to monitor the control environment, risk management and governance arrangements and continues to assess areas of control weakness and the ability of management to deliver improvements to the control environment when required.

 

Action:  Director of Finance and IT

 

                                               (Mark St Romaine – 01274 432888)

 

Minutes:

The Director of Finance and IT submitted Document “Q” which monitored the progress made by Internal Audit against the Internal Audit Plan for 2021/22 as at 30 September 2021.

 

It was reported that at the current time, Internal Audit had no evidence to indicate that the Council’s internal control framework, risk management and governance processes were not effective. 

 

Clarification was sought on the audit opinion relating to direct payments and it was reported that there had been system and process changes since the direct payments audit concluded in June 2021.

 

Resolved -

 

(1)  That the anticipated coverage and changes of Internal Audit work during the year be endorsed.

 

(2)  That Internal Audit be requested to monitor the control environment, risk management and governance arrangements and continues to assess areas of control weakness and the ability of management to deliver improvements to the control environment when required.

 

Action:  Director of Finance and IT