Issue - meetings

The Committee had before it a report by Alex Stephen that outlined the sources of assurances used to measure the effectiveness of the governance principles contained in the CIPFA/Society of Local Authority Chief Executive (SOLACE) Delivering Good Governance in Local Government: Framework document. The report also proposed the establishment of a local code of corporate governance for the IJB.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee approve the use of sources of assurance, listed in Appendix 1, the local code of governance, and the governance principles, against which the IJB would measure itself in Annual Governance Statements from 2016-17 onwards.

Alex Stephen explained that the sources of assurance had been provided to measure effectiveness against the CIPFA principles of good governance and highlighted that ACC had adopted a similar approach which would support strategic alignment. He noted that a number of corporate documents were still being developed and these would provide further assurance on the Board’s governance arrangements.

Thereafter members enquired if the NHSG elements of the local code of corporate governance and sources of assurance had been overseen by an NHSG colleague. Mr Stephen confirmed that the Assistant Director of Finance had provided this oversight.

The Committee resolved:-

To approve the use of sources of assurance, listed in Appendix 1, the local code of governance, and the governance principles, against which the IJB would measure itself in Annual Governance Statements from 2016-17 onwards.