Issue - meetings

(i)       to agree with the request from management regarding the remaining recommendation in Internal Audit report AC1617 – Self Directed Support that it be closed off based on the implementation plan submitted to Internal Audit and that Internal Audit include a review of the area in the Internal Audit Plan 2020/21 to provide assurance over progress; and

(ii)      to otherwise note the content of the report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Internal Auditor which advised on progress made by the relevant functions with implanting recommendations that had been agreed in the Internal Audit reports.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee –

(a)      review, discuss and comment on the issues raised within the report and attached appendices; and

(b)      confirm whether it agrees with the request from management regarding the remaining recommendation in Internal Audit Report AC1617 – Self-Directed Support as detailed in appendix F to this report.

In relation to Internal Audit Report AC1806 – Corporate Landlord Responsibilities, Councillor Townson sought additional information relating to the delays in ensuring all properties were statutorily compliant, wherein the Chief Officer Corporate Landlord advised that the information on properties were contained in different systems, some within external databases and that a new system had been created to capture the information with a trial having taken in place for non-housing properties.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to agree with the request from management regarding the remaining recommendation in Internal Audit report AC1617 – Self Directed Support that it be closed off based on the implementation plan submitted to Internal Audit and that Internal Audit include a review of the area in the Internal Audit Plan 2020/21 to provide assurance over progress; and

(ii)      to otherwise note the content of the report.