Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Chief Internal Auditor and Corporate Fraud Manager which informed members of the work carried out by Internal Audit during the period July to September 2015 ( for copy see file of Minutes).

The Audit and Fraud Manager highlighted the movements in the plan, removed audits and unplanned reviews added to the plan. The service had completed 47% of the total plan, and were on target. The Committee were advised that there were no draft audit reports outstanding and that 96% of actions had been implemented. Improvements had been made to the Service groupings response rate, with an average score of 4.4 out of 5. No audits finalised in the quarter that had been given a limited assurance opinion.

Councillor M Davinson noted the survey response rates and asked if CAS were aware of the targets as were slightly lower than the other areas.  The Chief Internal Auditor and Corporate Fraud Manager advised that they were liaising a lot more closely with the schools with e-mails sent to all head teachers.  Councillor Davinson recommended that any Members who sit on governing bodies could pass the message on.

Resolved:

(i)            That the amendments made to the 2015/2016 Annual Audit Plan, be noted.

(ii)          That the work undertaken by Internal Audit during the period ending 30 September 2015 and the assurance on the control environment provided, be noted.

(iii)         That the performance of the Internal Audit Service during the period, be noted.

(iv)         That the progress made by service managers in responding to the work of Internal Audit, be noted.