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Resolved that: The content of the report be noted and that the report had been approved by Council.
Resolved that: (a) The Committee reviews the Council’s progress to date in addressing existing recommendations and proposals for improvement made by our External Regulators (b) The Committee endorse the closure of recommendations dating back as far as 2014/15 where these have been implemented, superseded or are no longer applicable.
Resolved that: The content of the report be noted together with the progress made against the Internal Audit Risk Based Plan 2023/2024.
Resolved that: The content of the report be noted.
Resolved that: The Forward Work Plan for 2023/2024 be approved.
Apologies for absence were received from Councillor J Scriven and Councillor D Roberts.
No Declarations of Interest were made.
The Minutes of the Governance and Audit Committees held 27 November 2023 and 4 December 2023 were accepted as a correct record.
The Action Log was received by the Committee.
Decision as recorded
Resolved that: The content of the report be noted and that the report had been approved by Council.
Liam Hull led the Committee through the Corporate Self-Assessment report for their information. Resolved that: The content of the report be noted and that the report had been approved by Council.
Ian Phillips Audit Wales led the Committee through the Audit Wales Digital Strategy Review – Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council report. Liam Hull and Councillor A Barry Cabinet Member also updated the Committee in relation to the Council. The following questions were then raised by the Committee and were responded to by Audit Wales, Councillor A Barry and Liam Hull: · Best Practice across all 22 Local Authorities · Next Steps · Accountability / Capacity – Will there be a Lead identified for the Digital Strategy · Paragraph 13 – How much will this cost – Will extra staff be employed The Chair then thanked Audit Wales, Councillor A Barry and Liam Hull for the update to the Committee.
Decision as recorded
Resolved that: (a) The Committee reviews the Council’s progress to date in addressing existing recommendations and proposals for improvement made by our External Regulators (b) The Committee endorse the closure of recommendations dating back as far as 2014/15 where these have been implemented, superseded or are no longer applicable.
Saeif Jablaoui led the Committee through the Progress against External Audit Recommendations report and advised that under Paragraph 6.0 it should read 6.1. The following questions were then raised on the report and were responded to by Saeif Jablaoui: · The balance in relation to overdue / realistic targets – To ensure addressed appropriately · Sharing of this information with the Scrutiny Committees Councillor A Barry stated that it could be useful for this report to be referred to Cabinet / CMT to afford an opportunity to discuss and Saeif Jablaoui advised that he would raise this and respond. Resolved that: (a) The Committee reviews the Council’s progress to date in addressing existing recommendations and proposals for improvement made by our External Regulators (b) The Committee endorse the closure of recommendations dating back as far as 2014/15 where these have been implemented, superseded or are no longer applicable.
Decision as recorded
Resolved that: The content of the report be noted together with the progress made against the Internal Audit Risk Based Plan 2023/2024.
Lisa Cumpston led the Committee through the Progress against the Internal Audit Risk Based Plan (1 April 2023 to 31 December 2023 report. Resolved that: The content of the report be noted together with the progress made against the Internal Audit Risk Based Plan 2023/2024.
Decision as recorded
Resolved that: The content of the report be noted.
Lisa Cumpston led the Committee through the Internal Audit Recommendation Monitoring 2023/24 report and gave an update to the Committee in relation to Blessed Carlo Acutis Catholic School. Resolved that: The content of the report be noted.
Decision as recorded
Resolved that: The Forward Work Plan for 2023/2024 be approved.
Helen Harbord led the Committee through the Governance and Audit Committee Forward Work Programme 2023/24 report The Chair then referred to Appendix A and asked if the same procedure as last year would be undertaken in relation to the Questionnaire. The Chair also advised that draft future Committee dates were available. Resolved that: The Forward Work Plan for 2023/2024 be approved.
Helen Harbord led the Committee through the Issued Internal Audit Reports. The Chair also refereed to the importance of follow up reports.
The Chair and the Committee reflected on the items that had been considered at the Meeting.
Regional Internal Audit Service Liam Hull advised the Committee that RCT were withdrawing from the Partnership and gave details on this. New Partners were being sought and that the Committee would be kept updated on the matter.
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