Issue - meetings

The Shared Internal Audit Services (SIAS) submitted a report setting out the progress made in delivering the Council’s Annual Audit Plan for 2014/15 as at 5 January 2015.  The report also proposed a number of amendments to the approved audit plan and sought approval for the removal of implemented high priority recommendations.

Members were advised that, as at 5 January 2015, 65% of the 2014/15 Audit Plan days had been delivered and the proposed amendments to the 2014/15 Audit Plan were detailed within the report now submitted.  Members were also advised that the Audit Plan was more than two thirds complete, with 71% delivered and sufficient further days were booked to ensure delivery of the Audit Plan.

Councillor D Andrews referred to emergency planning and business continuity in the context of the recent events in South Oxfordshire.  The Director of Finance and Support Services stated that Officers were confident that systems such as EDM were in place to ensure IT and business continuity but that any lessons learnt from the events in South Oxfordshire would be considered as part of our business continuity plans.

Members noted the report and approved the recommendations detailed in the report as now submitted.

RESOLVED – that (A) the report be received;

(B)     the amendments to the 2014/15 Audit Plan as at 5 January 2015 be approved; and

(C)     the removal of the implemented high priority recommendations be approved.