Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the level of assurance provided by each ALEO on risk management, financial management and goverance; and

(ii)      to note that the Assurance Hub officers and ALEO Service Leads would discuss any outstanding issues identified in the appendices and identified at the Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee with ALEO representatives, with a view to improving the assessment ratings at the next Hub meeting.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer Governance which provided assurance on the risk management, financial management and governance arrangements of Arm’s Length External Organisations (ALEOs) within the ALEO Assurance Hub’s terms of reference.

The report recommended:

That the Committee -

(a)      note the level of assurance provided by each ALEO on risk management, financial management and goverance; and

(b)      note that the Assurance Hub officers and ALEO Service Leads would discuss any outstanding issues identified in the appendices and identified at the Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee with ALEO representatives, with a view to improving the assessment ratings at the next Hub meeting.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.