Agenda

Notice of a public meeting of		Audit Committee
To:	Councillors Cliff Lunn (Chairman), Alyson Baker, Philip Broadbank, Mark Crane, George Jabbour (Vice-Chair), Nigel Knapton, Stuart Parsons, Karin Sedgwick, Neil Swannick and Matt Walker, and Independent Co-opted Members (non-voting) Mr David Marsh and Mr David Portlock
Date:	Monday, 24th October, 2022
Time:	1.30 pm
Venue:	County Hall, Northallerton - West Block Basement Meeting Room (formerly "the Pink Room")

Business

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1.	Apologies for Absence

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2.

Minutes of the Committee Meeting held on 27 June 2022

(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 (including the text of the question/statement) to Ruth Gladstone of Democratic Services (contact details at the foot of page 1) by midday on Wednesday 19 October 2022.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:- · At this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes). · When the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting. If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chairman who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

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5.	Progress on Issues Raised by the Committee	(Pages 11 - 12)
	Joint report of the Corporate Director – Strategic Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services)

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6.	External Audit - Update on Progress of Audit
	Oral report of representatives of Deloitte

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7.	Progress on 2022/23 Internal Audit Plan	(Pages 13 - 20)
	Report of the Head of Internal Audit

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8.	Annual Report of the Audit Committee	(Pages 21 - 30)
	Report of County Councillor Cliff Lunn, Chairman of the Audit Committee

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9.	Annual Report on Partnership Governance 2021/22	(Pages 31 - 48)
	Report of the Assistant Director – Policy, Partnerships and Communities

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10.	Business Continuity - Annual Report	(Pages 49 - 54)
	Report of the Head of Resilience and Emergencies

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11.1	Business and Environmental Services Directorate - Internal Audit Work	(Pages 55 - 58)
	Report of the Head of Internal Audit

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11.2	Business and Environmental Services Directorate - Internal Control Matters	(Pages 59 - 84)
	Report of the Corporate Director – Business and Environmental Services

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12.

Audit Committee Programme of Work 2022/23

(Pages 85 - 86)

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13.	Other business which the Chairman for the meeting agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

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Barry Khan

Assistant Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

Friday, 14 October 2022

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