Issue - meetings

to note the report and the attached internal audit report.

The Committee had before it a report by the Chief Internal Auditor which presented an audit on Resettlement Governance which was undertaken to ensure that procedures regarding the Council’s responsibilities in relation to the resettlement of refugees, specifically the financial costs, were operating effectively.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee review, discuss and comment on the issues raised within this report and the attached appendix.

In response to a question relating to whether there was an increased risk to the Council, the Chief Internal Auditor advised that he was assured by the work of the service that the risk was not increasing.  The Chief Officer – Housing advised that the service had learnt over recent years, that flexibility in terms of their response had enabled controls to be enhanced and that she didn’t see this as an increase in risk.

The Committee resolved:-

to note the report and the attached internal audit report.