Issue - meetings

To inform and assure Audit Committee of Internal Audit Progress.

The Committee received the Internal Audit Progress report from the South Internal Audit Partnership (SIAP), which outlined activity against the Internal Audit plan 2024/2025. The representative from SIAP advised that due to a delayed start to the year and challenges with officer capacity, the overall internal audit conclusion would be presented to a future committee. The Committee were provided with a summary of reports finalised, reports delivered in draft, and reports in-progress. Overall, it was predicted the anticipated overall conclusion would conclude with limited assurance on governance, risk and control. Summaries of completed audits would be provided to the Committee through the overall internal audit conclusion.

The Committee explored the reasons for delays. The Committee were provided assurance that work on the next year’s audit was already being undertaken with a view to provide a final report earlier. The Committee noted the outstanding actions from previous audits and requested that a status update be provided to the next Committee.

The Committee resolved to agreed they had been informed and assured of Internal Audit Progress.