Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the Annual Report for 2021-22;

(ii)      to note that the Chief Internal Auditor confirmed the organisational

independence of Internal Audit;

(iii)      to note that there has been no limitation to the scope of Internal Audit

work during 2021-22; and

(iv)     to note the outcome of Internal Audit’s self-assessment against the

          requirements of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards;

(v)      to note the content of Internal Audit’s Quality Assurance and

          Improvement Plan; and

(vi)     to note that the Clerk would liaise with the Chief Internal Auditor to ensure the business planner items matched those from the Internal Audit Plan.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Internal Auditor which provided the Committee with the Internal Audit Annual Report for 2021-22.

The report recommended:-

That the Committee -

(i)       note the Annual Report for 2021-22;

(ii)      note that the Chief Internal Auditor confirmed the organisational

independence of Internal Audit;

(iii)      note that there has been no limitation to the scope of Internal Audit

work during 2021-22;

(iv)     note the outcome of Internal Audit’s self-assessment against the

          requirements of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards; and

(v)      note the content of Internal Audit’s Quality Assurance and

          Improvement Plan.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to note that the Clerk would liaise with the Chief Internal Auditor to ensure the business planner items matched those from the Internal Audit Plan; and

(ii)      to otherwise approve the recommendations contained in the report.