Agenda

To receive public questions, if any.

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.

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.

To approve as a correct record, the minutes of the meeting of the Governance, Risk & Audit Committee held on 26 March 2024.

To consider a report from the External Auditor on the External Audit Interim VFM Report for 2021/22 and 2022/23.

To consider a report from the External Auditor detailing the External Audit Plan for 2023/24.

To receive a report from the Internal Auditor on Internal Audit Progress & Follow-up Report.

To consider a report from the Internal Auditor on Head of Internal Audit’s Annual Opinion Report 2023-24.

To consider the results of the self-assessment questionnaires returned and completed by Members of the Governance, Risk and Audit Committee.

To consider a report from the Council’s Director of Resources on the Council’s Corporate Risk Register.

To consider the Procurement Exemptions register.

To receive an verbal update from the Council’s Monitoring Officer on the appointment of an independent person to the committee.

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

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

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 _ of Part I of Schedule 12A (as amended) to the Act.”