Agenda item

The Head of Finance, HR and Business Support, Neighbourhood Services, presented this report which updated the Joint Committee on revisions to the review of the effectiveness of the system of internal audit which had been considered in January 2011, a number of areas having improved, mainly as a result of the approval of the Service Level Agreement and adoption of the Internal Audit Charter (for copy see file of minutes), plus the consideration of the first comprehensive Internal Audit Report and Assurance Opinion 2010/2011.

The Review was put in place to help inform consideration of the system of internal audit, which in turn supported the Committee’s Annual Governance Statement (AGS).

Details were provided of how the Internal Audit service had been assessed and details were presented as to how the review had been revisited and refreshed since its presentation to the meeting held in January 2011.

Resolved: that based on the evidence disclosed Members’ of the Joint Committee are satisfied with the effectiveness of the system of Internal Audit and assurances could be give on the work of the Internal Audit service.