Issue - meetings

The Shared Internal Audit Service (SIAS) submitted a report providing their overall opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Council’s control environment, summarising the audit work and the performance of the internal audit service, the detail of which was set out in the report now submitted. 

The SIAS explained that six of the seven performance indicators had been met.  The Chairman, on behalf of Members, congratulated the service on this performance.  The SIAS drew Members’ attention to a statutory new requirement (Public Sector Internal Audit Standards) for Members to provide assurances that the scope and resources for internal audit were not subject to inappropriate limitations.  In response to a query from Councillor J Wyllie, the SIAS explained that there had not been any limitations placed on them.

The Manager of Corporate Risk explained that the Council’s relationship with the SIAS had worked very well and gave an assurance that the scope and resources for internal audit had not been subject to inappropriate limitations.

The Committee approved the report.

RESOLVED – that (A) the Annual Assurance Statement and Internal Audit Annual report be approved; and

(B)   the scope and resources for internal audit had not been subject to inappropriate limitations.