The Corporate Governance Committee of Leicestershire County Council met on Monday, 24 November 2025, at County Hall in Glenfield. The agenda included the External Auditor's Annual Report, the Quarterly Treasury Management Report, and the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Performance Annual Report 2024/25. The committee was also scheduled to discuss a policy for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks for elected members, the annual report on the Members Code of Conduct, a risk management update, the Internal Audit Service's progress, and a draft Internal Audit Charter.

External Auditor's Annual Report

The committee was scheduled to discuss the External Auditor's Annual Report and the external audit of the 2024/25 Statement of Accounts, Annual Governance Statement, and Pension Fund Accounts. The External Auditors Annual Report and External Audit of the 202425 Statement of Accounts Annual Gov included appendices such as the Interim Auditors Annual Report 2024-25, the Audit Findings Report and the Statement of Accounts 2024-25.

Quarterly Treasury Management Report

The Corporate Governance Committee was scheduled to review the Quarterly Treasury Management Report (TM) for the second quarter of 2025-26. This report covered the period from 1 July 2025 to 30 September 2025 and included an economic overview, as detailed in Appendix A - Economic Overview Sept 2025. The report also contained capital prudential indicators¹, which are in Appendix B - Capital Prudential Indicators Sept 2025.

Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Performance Annual Report

The committee was scheduled to discuss the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman Performance Annual Report (LGSCO) for 2024/25. The report included Leicestershire County Council data in Appendix A - Leicestershire County Council 1, the LCC LGSCO Annual Performance Report 24-2025, and a Summary of Complaints and Compliments Reports.

Policy for Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Checks for Elected Members

The committee was scheduled to discuss a policy for Disclosure and Barring Service² (DBS) checks for elected members. The DBS covering report and the DBS Checks - Policy were provided for review.

Annual Report on the Operation of the Members Code of Conduct

The Corporate Governance Committee was scheduled to review the Annual Report on the Operation of the Members Code of Conduct 2425.

Risk Management Update

The committee was scheduled to discuss a Risk Management Update. This included risks that had been removed which were listed in App A - Risks Removed, the Corporate Risk Register September October 2025, and the Counter Fraud Two Yearly Action Plan 2024-26.

Internal Audit Service

The committee was scheduled to discuss the Internal Audit Service, including progress against the 2025-26 Internal Audit Plan and high importance recommendations. Supporting documents included the Internal Audit Service - Progress Against 2025-26 Audit Plan Implementation of HI recommendations, a Summary of Internal Audit Service work undertaken between 1 April and 30 September 2025, and High Importance Recommendations at 31 October 2025.

Draft Internal Audit Charter

The committee was scheduled to review a Draft Internal Audit Charter. Appendix 1 - Draft Internal Audit Charter - November 2025 was included in the agenda.

Other Business

The agenda also included standard items such as:

• Minutes from the meeting held on 19 September 2025³.
• Question Time.
• Questions asked by members.
• Advising of any urgent items.
• Declarations of interest.
• Presentation of Petitions.