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

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

·         Customer Services (Moderate / Moderate Assurance)

·         Car Parks and Payment Collection (Limited / Limited Assurance)

·         Environment (Limited / Moderate Assurance)

·         Main Financial Systems, including Outsourced Functions (Moderate / Limited Assurance)

·         Risk Management (Limited / Moderate)

Information Security Assessment (advisory review) had also been completed.

The full reports were available on request.

Following a discussion from the committee, members did have concerns on what was reported.

A motion was MOVED by Cllr Russell and SECONDED by Cllr Mrs Hones 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.