Issue - meetings

The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services which provided a follow-up of Audit agreed actions.

The report indicated that in accordance with Public Sector Internal Audit Standards, the Chief Internal Auditor must establish and maintain a system to monitor the disposition of results communicated to management; and a follow-up process to monitor and ensure that management actions had been effectively implemented or that senior management had accepted the risk of not taking action.

The Chief Internal Auditor presented the report and indicated that for Sefton Council the follow up of agreed audit action plans included the monitoring of progress of audit agreed actions through internal audit and periodically reporting progress to the Audit and Governance Committee.

This report summarised the current implementation position and arrangements for monitoring and reporting internal audit recommendations.

The Chief Internal Auditor stated that there had been considerable progress in the implementing of audit agreed actions which would improve the Council’s internal control framework. Covid-19 had had an impact on the delivery of actions however there were pockets where progress had been limited, for example Adult Social Care debt, where progress had been slower than expected although management had agreed to implement the outstanding internal audit actions.

RESOLVED: That

The progress in respect of Audit agreed actions outlined in the report be noted.