Agenda

Meeting:

Audit Committee

To:

Councillors Cliff Lunn (Chair), George Jabbour (Vice-Chair), Alyson Baker, Philip Broadbank, David Chance, Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, Kevin Foster, Karin Sedgwick, Neil Swannick, Peter Wilkinson. Independent Co-opted Members Mr David Marsh, Mr David Portlock and Mrs Vicky Buckley.

Date:

Monday, 29 September 2025

Time:

1.30 pm

Venue:

Brierley Room - County Hall

 

Business

 

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1.  

Apologies for absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the meeting held on 23 June 2025

 

(Pages 3 - 10)

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3.  

Declarations of interest

 

 

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4.  

Public questions or statements

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice and provided the text to Democratic Services (democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk) no later than midday on Wednesday, 24 September 2025, three working days before the meeting takes place. Each speaker should limit themselves to three minutes on any item. 

 

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chair who will instruct those taking a recording to cease whilst you speak.

 

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5.  

Progress on issues raised by the Committee

 

(Pages 11 - 12)

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6.  

Commercial Governance Review

 

(Pages 13 - 34)

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7.  

External Audit - Audit Progress Report: North Yorkshire Council and North Yorkshire Pension Fund

 

(Pages 35 - 46)

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8.  

Internal Audit and Counter Fraud Progress Report

 

(Pages 47 - 84)

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9.  

Assessment of Effectiveness of Governance Arrangements - Environment Directorate

 

(Pages 85 - 114)

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10.  

Draft Annual Report of the Audit Committee

 

(Pages 115 - 124)

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11.  

Programme of work

 

(Pages 125 - 126)

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12.  

Any other items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.

 

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13.  

Date of next meeting

 

 

Monday, 20 October 2025 at 1.30pm.

 

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Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session.

 

You may also be interested in subscribing to updates about this or any other North Yorkshire Council committee.

 

Recording is allowed at Council, committee and sub-committee meetings which are open to the public. Please give due regard to the Council’s protocol on audio/visual recording and photography at public meetings. We ask that any recording is clearly visible to anyone at the meeting and that it is non-disruptive.

 

Anyone wishing to record is asked to contact the Democratic Services Officer (details below) prior to the start of the meeting.

 

 

Contact Details

 

Enquiries relating to this agenda and meeting please contact:

David Smith, Senior Democratic Services Officer

E-mail: david.smith1@northyorks.gov.uk

E-mail: democraticservices.central@northyorks.gov.uk

Tel: 01756 706235

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

 

Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

 

Friday, 19 September 2025

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