Issue - meetings
Internal Audit Annual Report 2020/21 - AC/21/001
Meeting: 12/05/2021 - Audit, Risk and Scrutiny Committee (Item 5)
5 Internal Audit Annual Report 2020/21 - AC/21/001 
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Decision:
(i) to note the update provided in relation to the current Internal Audit staffing situation;
(ii) to note the Annual Report for 2020/21;
(iii) to note that the Chief Internal Auditor had confirmed the organisational independence of Internal Audit;
(iv) to note that there had been no limitation to the scope of Internal Audit work during 2020/21;
(v) to note the outcome of Internal Audit’s self-assessment against the requirements of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards; and
(vi) to note the content of Internal Audit’s Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan.
Minutes:
The Committee had before it a report by the Interim Chief Internal Auditor which presented the Internal Audit Annual Report for 2020/21.
The report recommended:-
That the Committee -
(a) note the Annual Report for 2020/21;
(b) note that the Chief Internal Auditor had confirmed the organisational independence of Internal Audit;
(c) note that there had been no limitation to the scope of Internal Audit work during 2020/21;
(d) note the outcome of Internal Audit’s self-assessment against the requirements of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards; and
(e) note the content of Internal Audit’s Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan.
In response to a question relating to the current resourcing of Internal Audit, the Interim Chief Internal Auditor advised that the recruitment to various posts was underway and that the process was taking time to complete.
The Committee resolved:-
(i) to note the update provided in relation to the current Internal Audit staffing situation; and
(ii) to otherwise approve the recommendations contained in the report.