Issue - meetings

to instruct the Chief Internal Auditor to continue to monitor and report to this Committee on all outstanding audit recommendations.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Officer Governance which provided further information on internal audit recommendations which had not been progressed in accordance with agreed timescales.

The report recommended:

That the Committee –

(a)      note the responses from Chief Officers and Internal Audit as detailed;

(b)      agrees to remove the following items from the internal audit report on overdue recommendations:

(1)      AC1714 – Land and Buildings;

(2)      AC1806 – Corporate Landlord Responsibilities (2.2.4, 2.2.6 and 2.2.8);

(3)      AC1709 – Care First System;

(4)      AC1814 – Travel Costs;

(5)      AC1805 – Attendance Management;

(6)      AC1621 – ALEOs;

(7)      AC1722 – ALEOS – Management by Services (Integrated Children’s and Family Services);

(8)      AC1623 – Compliance with Procurement Legislation

(9)      AC1602 – Craft Workers Terms and Conditions;

(10)    AC1705 – Roads Payroll;

(11)    AC1808 – Vehicle Maintenance;

(12)    AC1709 – Care First System;

(13)    AC1803 – Health and Safety – SSERC;

(14)    AC1809 – Care of Children; and

(15)    AC1826 – Out of Authority Placements;

(c)      agree that the following items remain listed in the internal audit report on overdue recommendations at the present time:

(1)      AC1806 – Corporate Landlord Responsibilities (2.2.3, 2.3.8 and 2.3.13);

(2)      AC1812 – Financial Ledger System;

(3)      AC1722 – ALEOS – Management by Services (Integrated Children’s and Family Services);

(4)      AC1608 – Trade Waste

(5)      AC1604 – Payment Controls in Children’s Social Work

(6)      AC1811 – Placing Requests

(7)      AC1722 – ALEOs – Management by Services (Health and Social Care Partnership)

(8)      AC1617 – Self-Directed Support (Health and Social Care Partnership)

The Chief Internal Auditor advised that in order to comply with the Internal Audit Standards, he would still be required to monitor all outstanding recommendations until such time as they had been fully completed.

The Committee resolved:-

to instruct the Chief Internal Auditor to continue to monitor and report to this Committee on all outstanding audit recommendations.