Agenda

To received apologies for absence for the meeting.

To be notified of the appointment of any Substitute Members at the meeting.

You are invited to declare any registerable and/or non-registerable interests in matters appearing on the agenda, and the nautre of that interest.

You are also invited to disclose any dispensations that have been granted to you in relation to any matters appearing on the agenda.

To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 25 September 2024.

Ernst and Young to provide an update on the external audit of the financial statement 2022/23.

Forvis Mazars will attend the meeting to provide Audit Committee with an update on the External Audit for 2023/24.

The Committee will be requested to pass the following resolution:

Resolved that under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended) and having applied a public interest test as defined in Part 2 of Schedule 12A of the Act, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1, 3 and 8 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.

The report provides Audit Committee with an update on Internal Audit activity which includes performance against the 2024/25 Internal Audit Plan, outcomes from internal Audit activity completed between May and November 2024 and progress made in implementing audit recommendations.

The purpose of the report is to inform Audit Committee of the position on the corporate risks as reported to Cabinet on 14 October 2024.

All corporate risks were subjected to a full review and updated by the relevant risk owners (both senior officer and Cabinet Member).  These were subsequently challenged and agreed by Senior Leadership Team (SLT) on 28 September 2024 before being discussed and endorsed by Cabinet on 14 October 2024.

The next meeting will take place on 19 March 2025 at 6.00pm