How can we help you...

Issue - meetings

Board Assurance and Escalation Framework

Meeting: 21/11/2017 - Risk, Audit and Performance Committee (Item 8)

8 Board Assurance and Escalation Framework pdf icon PDF 205 KB

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Finance Officer which presented the Board Assurance and Escalation Framework (BAEF) for approval.

 

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

a)            Comment on the revised BAEF; and

b)            Recommend the revised BAEF is approved by the IJB.

 

The Committee reviewed the BAEF and there was discussion on (1) the formatting and clarity of diagrams within the Framework; (2) how frequently the IJB should review the Statement of Risk Appetite; (3) the need for further clarity on risks relating to locality planning; (4) how frequently the Committee would meet with internal and external audit colleagues as per item 6.1 of the Committee’s terms of reference; (5) reporting arrangements for presenting the Performance Management Framework to the Committee; and (6) the arrangements that would be put in place to allow Committee members to review and approve the revised BAEF to enable the Committee to recommend the approval of the BAEF to the IJB at its meeting on 12 December 2017.

 

The Committee resolved:-

(i)           to request that narrative be provided on page 80 to explain the diagram;

(ii)          to request that reporting links between the APS Committee and the Executive Team be inserted into the diagram on page 71;

(iii)         to recommend to the IJB that the Statement of Risk Appetite be reviewed by the Board on an annual basis;

(iv)         to request further detail on the risk escalation process for locality planning;

(v)          to request that version control and authorisation be added to future versions of the BAEF;

(vi)         to request a review of reporting arrangements for the Performance Management Framework on page 84, and instruct the Head of Strategy and Transformation to provide an update at the Committee’s next meeting;

(vii)       to agree that the Committee would meet in closed session with Internal and External Audit on a bi-annual basis and to instruct the Clerk to make the necessary arrangements; and

(viii)      to instruct the Chief Finance Officer to take account of these resolutions and circulate a revised BAEF to Committee members by email for their approval prior to submitting the BAEF to the IJB for final approval on 12 December 2017.