Response 2548276

Response to request for information

Reference

2548276

Response date

3 January 2024

Request

CIPFA Guidance on Local Authority Audit Committees states that “Recommended practice is for audit committees to review and assess themselves annually or to seek an external review.”

We realise that the committee with audit related responsibilities are not always called ‘Audit Committee’. Please can you confirm what the title of this committee is within your local authority and answer the following questions in relation to that committee.

1. Internal Annual Review of Audit Committee
   • For each of the last five financial years please provide me with a copy of the audit committee’s annual review of its work. Please state the date the review was published and how it was made public at the time.
2.  External Review of Audit Committee
   • Please confirm the most recent date that an external review of the audit committee was sought, who undertook that review, when and where it was published and provide a copy of the review.

Response

The Council's committee with responsibility for Audit is the Governance Scrutiny Group.

Please see below links for the last 5 years of reports taken to Council.

Council Agenda 21 September 2023 – minute number 34 (2022/23)

Council Agenda 29 September 2022 – minute number 34 (2021/22)

Council Agenda 21 July 2021 – minute number 16 (2020/21)

Council Agenda 24 September 2020 – minute number 29 (2019/20)

Council Agenda 11 July 2019 – minute number 18 (2018/19)