Please reply to:
Contact:	Melis Owen
Service:	Committee Services
Direct Line:	01784 446449
E-mail:	m.owen@spelthorne.gov.uk
Date:	18 September 2024

Notice of meeting

Audit Committee

Date:	Thursday, 26 September 2024
Time:	7.00 pm
Place:	Council Chamber, Council Offices, Knowle Green, Staines-upon-Thames TW18 1XB

To the members of the Audit Committee

Councillors:

J. Button (Chair) K. Howkins (Vice-Chair) J.R. Boughtflower

J.P. Caplin L. E. Nichols H.R.D. Williams

P.N. Woodward

Independent Member: P. Briggs

Substitute Members: Councillors

M. Arnold, C. Bateson, M. Bing Dong and T. Burrell

Councillors are reminded that the Gifts and Hospitality Declaration book will be available outside the meeting room for you to record any gifts or hospitality offered to you since the last Committee meeting.

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1.	Apologies and Substitutes
	To receive any apologies for absence and notification of substitutions.

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2.	Minutes	3 - 10
	To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 9 July 2024

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3.	Disclosures of Interest
	To receive any disclosures of interest from Councillors in accordance with the Council’s Code of Conduct for members.

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4.	Internal Audit Progress Report	11 - 22
	To note the Internal Audit Progress Report (August 2024).

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5.	External Audit Update	Verbal Report
	To receive a verbal update on the work of the External Auditors.

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6.	Audit Risk Assessment	23 - 52
	To consider the Audit risk Assessment for Spelthorne Borough Council 2023/24.

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7.	Procurement Internal Audit Recommendations Progress Update	53 - 58
	To note the progress in relation to the Procurement Internal Audit Progress Review Update and the Implementation of the Procurement Act 2023.

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8.	Annual Review of the Confidential Reporting Code	59 - 68
	To note the review of the Confidential Reporting Code by the Monitoring Officer has taken place and agree to retain the current policy.

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Corporate Risk Management

To Follow

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10.	Committee Forward Plan	69 - 72
	To consider and approve the work programme for the municipal year

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