The report was intended to inform the Audit Committee of progress made against the approved internal audit plan for 2017/18, which was approved by the Audit and Scrutiny Committee in March 2017.

The following reports had been finalised since the last Committee, and a summary of the findings was included in the progress report:

·         Housing Benefits Shared Service (Moderate / Moderate Assurance)

·         Capital Projects (Substantial / Substantial Assurance)

·         Taxi Driver Licensing (Moderate / Moderate Assurance)

The full reports were available on request.

A motion was MOVED by Cllr McCheyne and SECONDED by Cllr Ms Rowlands to approve the recommendations in the report.

A vote was taken by a show of hands and it was RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY that:

The Committee receives and notes the contents of the reports.

Reasons for Recommendation

To monitor the progress of work against the internal audit plan, and highlight recommendations arising from the work of internal audit and management’s actions in response to those recommendations.