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Meeting: |
Audit Committee |
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Members: |
Councillors and Independent Co-opted Members (non-voting) Cliff Lunn (Chair), Alyson Baker, Philip Broadbank, George Jabbour (Vice-Chair), Mike Jordan, Karin Sedgwick, Neil Swannick, Peter Wilkinson, Felicity Cunliffe-Lister, David Chance, Mr David Marsh and Mr David Portlock |
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Date: |
Monday, 24th June, 2024 |
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Time: |
1.30 pm |
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Venue: |
Brierley Room, County Hall, Northallerton |
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AGENDA
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Apologies for Absence and Notification of Substitutes
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Minutes of the Meeting held on 18 March, 2024 |
(Pages 5 - 12) |
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To approve the minutes of the previous meeting.
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Declarations of Interest |
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All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.
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Public Participation |
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Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Paul Preston of Democratic and Scrutiny Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Wednesday 19 June, 2024, three working days before the day of the meeting. 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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Progress on Issues Raised by the Committee |
(Pages 13 - 14) |
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Joint Report of the Corporate Director – Resources and the Assistant Chief Executive (Legal and Democratic Services).
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External Auditors - Deloitte |
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Verbal update of the External Auditors – Deloitte.
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External Audit Progress Report - June 2024 |
(Pages 15 - 20) |
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Report to the External Auditors, Forvis Mazars.
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Annual Report of the Head of Internal Audit |
(Pages 21 - 56) |
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Report of the Head of Internal Audit
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Information Governance - Annual Report |
(Pages 57 - 64) |
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Report of the Corporate Director, Resources.
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2024/25 Internal Audit and Information Governance Work Programmes |
(Pages 65 - 86) |
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Report of the Head of Internal Audit.
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Counter Fraud Annual Report |
(Pages 87 - 96) |
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Report of the Head of Internal Audit.
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Internal Control Matters for the Children and Young People's Services Directorate |
(Pages 97 - 122) |
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Report of the Corporate Director of Children and Young People’s Services.
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Procurement and Contract Management Strategy |
(Pages 123 - 148) |
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Report of the Corporate Director, Resources.
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CIPFA Financial Management Code |
(Pages 149 - 164) |
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Report of the Corporate Director, Resources.
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Corporate Governance |
(Pages 165 - 180) |
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Report of the Corporate Director, Resources.
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Programme of Work |
(Pages 181 - 182) |
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Report of the Corporate Director - Resources
Purpose of report: To identify items of business scheduled for consideration at each of the Committee’s forthcoming meetings.
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Any other Items |
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Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances.
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Date of Next Meeting |
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Monday, 23 September, 2024 at 1,30pm .
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Members are reminded that in order to expedite business at the meeting and enable Officers to adapt their presentations and address areas causing difficulty, they are encouraged to contact Officers prior to the meeting with questions on technical issues in reports.
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Contact Details: |
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Paul Preston, Democratic Services Tel: 0300 131 2131 Email: paul.preston@northyorks.gov.uk
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Barry Khan
Assistant Chief Executive