Agenda item

Progress on High Opinion Audit Reports

Report of the Senior Finance Manager, Internal Audit.

Minutes:

9.1

The Committee received a report of the Senior Finance Manager of Internal Audit. The report provided an update on position on implementation of recommendations contained in audit reports issued with a high opinion or a limited/no assurance opinion and high organisational impact assessment.

 

9.2

The Senior Finance Manager, Internal Audit, Linda Hunter, mentioned that the Audit & Standards Committee received this report every 6 months for an update.

 

9.3

The Committee were informed that the 5 reports highlighted had now been implemented therefore the Committee were asked to agree the removal of these from the tracker.

 

9.4

The report highlighted 34 recommendations that Internal Audit was tracking, in which 23 of them were implemented and 11 still ongoing.

 

9.5

There was 1 critical recommendation ongoing which related to the Housing Management System. This recommendation was to upgrade the system which had now been carried out, although there was limited functionality improvements therefore a new system is needed to be built and tested. So Internal Audit are still tracking this recommendation. It was added that The Performance Delivery Board had a future agenda item (8/3/22) to undertake a deep dive exercise on this area and it would include staff resources, change management, investment and lessons learnt.

 

9.6

A Member of the Committee asked a question and the following response were provided: -

 

9.7

Sarah Green confirmed the delay in implementing the information security incidents recommendation, was Covid related.

 

9.8

RESOLVED: That the committee (1) noted the contents of the report; and (2) agreed to the removal of the following reports from the tracker:

  • Enforcement Agent Review
  • Appointeeship Service
  • Council Processes for Management Investigations
  • Controls in Town Hall Machine room
  • Data Security and Protection (DSP) Toolkit

 

 

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