Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Corporate Director, Resources regarding the outcomes of the annual review of the effectiveness of Internal Audit.(for copy see file of Minutes).

The Corporate Director, Resources informed the Committee that it was very important that the Council had an effective Internal Audit Service in operation.  The last review of the service was undertaken in June 2012 and the improvements had been identified were the Development of Assurance Maps and the improvement of the in-house teams Skills Mix.

Members expressed strong concerns about the poor response from senior management to a feedback questionnaire issued as part of this year’s review as only 15 of 28 questionnaires were returned.  The Committee requested that those that had not responded be asked to reply as the reliability of the outcomes was questionable given the poor response.

Resolved:

That the evidence provided within the report gave assurance on the effectiveness of internal audit.