Issue - meetings

Report of the Director of Finance

Purpose of report

To receive the Internal Audit Annual Report, which provides the Head of Internal Audit’s opinion and also summarises the activities of Internal Audit for the period 1st April 2019 to 31st March 2020.

Recommendations

The meeting is recommended to:

1.1       note and receive the Head of Internal Audit’s Annual Report and opinion.

Resolved

(1)          That the Head of Internal Audit’s Annual Report and opinion be noted

The Director of Finance submitted the Internal Audit Annual Report, which provided the Head of Internal Audit’s opinion and summarised the activities of Internal Audit for the period 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020.

In presenting the report the Head of Internal Audit – CW Audit Services confirmed that his overall opinion was that significant assurance could be given that there was a generally sound system of internal control, designed to meet the organisation’s objectives and that controls were generally being applied consistently.

The Head of Internal Audit – CW Audit Services advised the Committee that reported that due to the significant impact on workload within CSN Resources due to the Covid-19 Pandemic they were unable to complete an audit of the systems in this area and this work would therefore be undertaken in 2020/21.

The Chairman advised the Committee that this is the last meeting that CW Audit would be attending as the council’s internal auditor. Members thanked CW Audit for the internal audit work they had carried out.

Resolved

(1)          That the Head of Internal Audit’s Annual Report and opinion (annex to the Minutes as set out in the Minute Book ), be noted