Issue - meetings

To receive the Internal Audit Annual Plan for 2019/20.

The Internal Audit Manager outlined the Annual Internal Audit Plan 2019-20 which sets out the work for the year, detailing planned assignments and corporate roles and responsibilities required to be undertaken by the team. 

The list had been reduced and ranked in priority order at the request of the management team based on the manpower resource of the audit team.  The Internal Audit Manager advised that they were also considering revising the timing of the audit planning to align more closely with the budget cycle so they could put forward a growth bid for consideration at the appropriate time.  The Chief Finance Officer advised that management were aware that Spelthorne have fewer resources than other local authorities and were working within the budget set for the current financial year.  There was an opportunity to look at the structure as part of a wider review at an appropriate time.

The Committee asked to be updated at the November meeting.

Resolved to note the internal audit annual plan.