Councillor Karen Clarke-Taylor

2024/25 Draft Statement of Accounts

From: Audit Committee - Thursday, 26 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 26, 2025

... recommendations regarding the 2024/25 Draft Statement of Accounts and Annual Governance Statement 2024/25 were approved.

Recommendations Approved

Risk Management Strategy

From: Audit Committee - Thursday, 26 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 26, 2025

...to enhance risk management across the organization, the Audit Committee approved the Risk Management Strategy, which focuses on risk conversations, planned mitigations based on reasonable worst-case scenarios, and updated governance frameworks.

Recommendations Approved

Minutes

From: Audit Committee - Thursday, 26 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 26, 2025

Recommendations Approved

SIAS Annual Assurance Statement and Internal Audit Annual Report 2024-25

From: Audit Committee - Thursday, 26 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 26, 2025

...the recommendations within the SIAS Annual Assurance Statement and Internal Audit Annual Report 2024-25 were approved, including noting the report itself, the results of the self-assessment required by the Global Internal Audit Standards (GIAS) and the Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP), approving the SIAS Audit Charter 2025/26, and seeking management assurance regarding the scope and resources for internal audit in 2024/25.

Recommendations Approved

Freedom of Information Act Requests – 1 October 2024 to 31 March 2025

From: Audit Committee - Thursday, 26 June 2025 7.00 pm - June 26, 2025

...to note the report on Freedom of Information Act requests received between 1 October 2024 and 31 March 2025, which highlighted a 98.2% on-time response rate.

Recommendations Approved