Agenda

Governance, Risk and Audit Committee - Tuesday, 25th March, 2025 2.00 pm

Venue: Council Offices, Holt Road, Cromer, NR27 9EN

Contact: Democratic Services  Email: democraticservices@north-norfolk.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2.

SUBSTITUTES

3.

PUBLIC QUESTIONS

To receive public questions, if any.

4.

DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST pdf icon PDF 721 KB

Members are asked at this stage to declare any interests that they may have in any of the following items on the agenda. The code of conduct for Members requires that declarations include the nature of the interest and whether it is a disclosable pecuniary interest.

5.

ITEMS OF URGENT BUSINESS

To determine any items of business which the Chairman decides should be considered as a matter of urgency pursuant to section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.

6.

MINUTES

6a

The minutes of the meeting of the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee held on 03 December 2024. pdf icon PDF 357 KB

To approve as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee held on 03 December 2024.

 

 

 

 

6b

The minutes of the meeting of the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee held on 25 February 2024 - To follow

To approve as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee held on 25 February 2024.

7.

GOVERNANCE, RISK AND AUDIT COMMITTEE UPDATE AND ACTION LIST pdf icon PDF 109 KB

To monitor progress on items requiring action from the previous meeting, including progress on implementation of audit recommendations.

8.

Internal Audit Plan 2025/2026 Charter and Mandate pdf icon PDF 909 KB

Summary:

This report provides details of the Internal Audit Plan 2025/26, and the Charter and Mandate.

Conclusions:

The 2025/26 Internal Audit Plan 2025/26 has been developed and agreed with management addressing corporate risks and priorities.

 

Recommendation:           

That the Committee is requested to review and approve:

 

1.     The Internal Audit Plan 2025/26 and Internal Audit Charter and Mandate.

 

 

Cabinet member(s):

 

All

 

Ward(s) affected:

 

All

Contact Officer: Telephone No:

E - mail:

 

Teresa Sharman

01603 430138

teresa.sharman@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk

 

 

 

           

 

 

 

 

 

 

teresa.sharman@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk

 

 

9.

Internal Audit Progress Report March 2025 pdf icon PDF 755 KB

Summary:

This report provides details of progress with the 2024/25 Internal audit Plan and outstanding recommendations.

 

Conclusions:

The 2024/25 Internal Audit Plan is progressing, and some audits are behind schedule; seven final reports have been issued. Outstanding

recommendations are progressing.

 

Recommendation:    

That the Committee is requested to receive and note:

 

1.     Progress with delivering the 2024/25 Internal Audit Plan and outstanding recommendations.

 

Cabinet member(s):

 

All

 

Ward(s) affected:

 

All

Contact Officer: Telephone No:

E - mail:

 

Teresa Sharman

01603 430138

teresa.sharman@southnorfolkandbroadland.gov.uk

 

 

 

 

10.

Review of the Council's Assets Register pdf icon PDF 245 KB

Executive Summary

This report is being presented to this committee in response to the request to include a review of the Council’s Assets Register in the Work Programme of this Committee on an annual basis.

 

Options considered

 

As this is the presentation of factual content there were no other options considered.

 

Consultation(s)

Section 151 Officer

 

Recommendations

 

It is recommended that the Committee note the contents of the report and the exempt Appendix A

 

Reasons for recommendations

 

To enable the Committee to review the Council’s Assets Register as requested and discuss any matters arising from the content.

 

Background papers

 

None

 

 

Wards affected

All

Cabinet member(s)

Cllr Lucy Shires

Contact Officer

Tina Stankley,

01263 516439,

tina.stankley@north-norfolk.gov.uk

 

 

Additional documents:

11.

Corporate Risk Register pdf icon PDF 1 MB

To receive and comment on the Interim Corporate Risk Register as at February 2025

12.

Procurement Exemptions pdf icon PDF 22 KB

To receive the Procurement Exemptions Register.

13.

GOVERNANCE, RISK AND AUDIT COMMITTEE WORK PROGRAMME pdf icon PDF 144 KB

To review the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee Work Programme.

14.

EXCLUSION OF THE PRESS AND PUBLIC

To pass the following resolution, if necessary:

 

“That under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 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 paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.”

 

Information in this appendix involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3, Part 1 of schedule 12A (as amended) to the Local Government Act 1972.

 

This paragraph relates to:

           

Para 3.  Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

           

The public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosure for the following reasons:

 

The information is sensitive, relating to the Council’s cyber risk management and security. Releasing this into the public domain could put the Council’s IT security systems at risk.

 

15.

Private Business

15a

Internal Progress Report 2024- 2025 - Appendix B to Agenda item 12

To note Appendix B to Agenda item 12 – Internal Progress Report 2024- 2025 is confidential: Executive Summary Cyber Security