Issue - decisions

(i)            to note the Internal Audit (IA) Annual Report 2023/24 as detailed in Appendix A of the report;

(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; and

(iv)         to note the progress that management had made with implementing recommendations agreed in Internal Audit reports.