Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the Annual Report for 2023/24;

(ii)      to note that the Chief Internal Auditor had confirmed the organisational independence of Internal Audit;

(iii)      to note that there had been no limitation to the scope of Internal Audit work during 2023/24:

(iv)     to note the outcome of Internal Audit’s self-assessment against the requirements of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards: and

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

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Internal Auditor which presented Internal Audit’s Annual Report for 2023/24. 

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)      note the Annual Report for 2023/24;

(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 2023/24:

(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.

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.