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.
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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.
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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.
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9.4 |
The report highlighted 34 recommendations that Internal Audit was tracking, in which 23 of them were implemented and 11 still ongoing.
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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.
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9.6 |
A Member of the Committee asked a question and the following response were provided: -
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9.7 |
Sarah Green confirmed the delay in implementing the information security incidents recommendation, was Covid related.
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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:
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Supporting documents:
- 8. Recommendation Tracker front cover, item 9. PDF 157 KB
- 8. Audit Committee Report - Recommendation Tracker December 2021 final, item 9. PDF 433 KB