Issue - meetings

(i)       to note the workplan for the ALEO Assurance Hub in 2025 which had been consulted upon with the ALEO’s and the relevant Conveners;

(ii)      to note the Terms of Reference for the ALEO Assurance Hub which had been reviewed with no changes; and

(iii)      to note the responses to members questions.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director of Corporate Services which presented the ALEO Assurance Hub workplan for 2025 including the dates for reporting.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

(a)      note the workplan for the ALEO Assurance Hub in 2025 which had been consulted upon with the ALEO’s and the relevant Conveners; and

(b)      note the Terms of Reference for the ALEO Assurance Hub which had been reviewed with no changes.

In response to a question regarding how issues were reported and actioned, the Interim Chief Officer - Governance advised that there were various methods of scrutinising ALEO’s including strategic business plans, monitoring by the Corporate Management Team, the Assurance Hub looked in more detail at various aspects and revisited those with the ALEO’s in order to gain assurance.

In response to a question regarding whether the Review of ALEO’s had resulted in any changes to the Terms of Reference, the Interim Chief Officer advised that there had been no changes to the terms of reference following this review. 

The Committee resolved:-

to approve the recommendations contained in the report.