Issue - meetings

To receive a report setting out the current position with respect to implementation of actions arising from Internal Audit reports.

The Committee received a report (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) setting out the current position with respect to implementation of actions arising from Internal Audit reports.

The Head of Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer set out the report, drawing particular attention to the visual representation of Internal Audit Actions and having that split by priority, which was requested by the Committee at its previous meeting. Officers would continue to work with RSM to increase the sophistication of reporting in order to have more detailed representation moving forward.

The Committee referenced the graph in paragraph 3.1 of the report and were of the opinion that it would be useful to include how many actions were carried forward so that the net change would be visible. The Head of Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer noted the request and confirmed officers were continuing to improve reporting and would look to include this information. The Committee also felt that it would be useful if the Action Detail had some context as to what was being addressed or what had gone wrong, and if there was a way of ensuring the actions were clear as to what they were trying to resolve.

The Interim Corporate Director – Finance and Resources advised that in terms of Reference 3381, officers were still working with TechOne on a patch upgrade to rectify this. In response to a question from the Committee regarding Reference 4640 which appeared to have been resolved, she would take that away and circulate a response advising why it was still included on the list of outstanding actions.

Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that the report on the current position regarding actions arising from internal audit reports, be received and noted.