Issue - meetings
Internal Audit Progress Report
Meeting: 26/06/2018 - Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee (Item 5)
5 Internal Audit Progress - IA/18/014 
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Decision:
(i) to note that the Chief Internal Auditor had advised that the outstanding audit reports would be submitted to the September meeting of this Committee;
(ii) in relation to a question from Councillor Townson relating to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and whether benchmarking would be undertaken with other Local Authorities, to note that GDPR was new legislation and only been in operation since May 2018 and that the audit would be undertaken to provide assurance that the Council had adequate arrangements in place and that Internal Audit would not be benchmarking against other Local Authorities;
(iii) in relation to a question from Councillor McLellan relating to GDPR training for elected members, to note that training had been offered and that for those elected members yet to receive the training additional dates would be scheduled; and
(iv) to otherwise note the content of the report.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Internal Auditor which advised on progress against the 2017/18 and 2018/19 internal audit plans.
The Committee resolved:-
(i) to note that the Chief Internal Auditor had advised that the outstanding audit reports would be submitted to the September meeting of this Committee;
(ii) in relation to a question from Councillor Townson relating to General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and whether benchmarking would be undertaken with other Local Authorities, to note that GDPR was new legislation and only been in operation since May 2018 and that the audit would be undertaken to provide assurance that the Council had adequate arrangements in place and that Internal Audit would not be benchmarking against other Local Authorities;
(iii) in relation to a question from Councillor McLellan relating to GDPR training for elected members, to note that training had been offered and that for those elected members yet to receive the training additional dates would be scheduled; and
(iv) to otherwise note the content of the report.