Issue - meetings

(i)       to note that in relation to the recommendation for passenger names to be recorded to claim for passenger miles, that the implementation date of December was due to other work pressures; and

(ii)      to otherwise note the content of the report and endorse the recommendations for improvement as agreed by the Services.

The Committee had before it a report by the Internal Auditor which presented an audit in relation to Travel Costs which reviewed a sample of travel and subsistence claim forms to ensure they had been completed, authorised and paid correctly along with a sample of travel applications made for travel outwith the Council’s boundaries.

The report recommended:

That the Committee review, discuss and comment on the issues raised within the report and the attached appendix.

In response to a question from Councillor Jackie Dunbar relating to why the implementation date for ensuring passenger names were recorded prior to payment was in December 2017, to note that due to other work priorities it would not be possible to implement before then.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that in relation to the recommendation for passenger names to be recorded to claim for passenger miles, that the implementation date of December was due to other work pressures; and

(ii)      to otherwise note the content of the report and endorse the recommendations for improvement as agreed by the Services.