Agenda item

The Committee received a report from the Interim Chief Internal Auditor and Corporate Fraud Manager that provided information on recently issued guidance published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) in relation to Head of Internal Audit (HIA) Annual Opinions: Addressing the Risk of a Limitation of Scope (for copy see file of minutes).

Responding to a query from Mr Rudd, the Interim Chief Internal Auditor and Corporate Fraud Manager confirmed that he was not expecting to be in the position of needing to provide any of the specific limitations detailed in the CIPFA guidance in determining his Annual Opinion for 2020/21.

Resolved:

That the report be noted.