Issue - meetings

Anthony Harvey (Southern Internal Audit Partnership) introduced the report and responded to Members’ questions thereon.

Mr Harvey advised that the decision to defer the audit of six service areas as detailed in section 5 of the report had been reported to the March Committee and was due to the ongoing pressures on officers due to the pandemic.  He believed this was a reasonable approach given the general stability of the council and the three year internal audit cycle.  Mr Harvey also confirmed that he believed he had sufficient resources available to undertake the internal audit work.

RESOLVED:

That the Chief Internal Auditor’s Annual Report and Opinion for 2021/22 be noted, as attached as appendix 1 to the report.