Shabana Kausar
Council: Barking and Dagenham
Committees:
Activity Timeline
Meetings Attended Note this may include planned future meetings.
21 meetings · Page 1 of 5
Pensions Committee - Thursday, 26 March 2026 7:00 pm
Audit and Risk Committee - Wednesday, 25 March 2026 7:00 pm
Audit and Risk Committee - Wednesday, 18 February 2026 7:00 pm
The Audit and Risk Committee meeting on 18 February 2026 focused on the external audits of the Council's and Pension Fund's accounts for the 2024/25 and 2023/24 financial years. Grant Thornton, the external auditor, presented their findings, highlighting a disclaimer of opinion for both the Council and the Pension Fund for the 2023/24 financial year due to significant limitations in obtaining sufficient audit evidence, particularly concerning opening balances and historic issues. For the 2024/25 accounts, while audit fieldwork was substantially completed, a disclaimer of opinion is still anticipated for the Council due to outstanding procedures and historic issues, but a more positive outlook is noted for the Pension Fund, with the possibility of moving away from a disclaimer opinion in the next financial year.
Decisions from Meetings
45 decisions · Page 7 of 9
Revenue Budget and Capital Programme 2025/26 Update (Period 3, June 2025)
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 August 2025 7:00 pm - August 19, 2025
...to note the projected financial positions across various council funds and approve a movement in reserves, including a General Fund revenue overspend, a Housing Revenue Account underspend, a Dedicated Schools Grant overspend, and a Capital Programme expenditure forecast exceeding the reprofiled budget.
Approved
Annual Self-Assessment Update for Housing Compliance
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 August 2025 7:00 pm - August 19, 2025
...to note the updated Consumer Standards and Tenant Satisfaction Measures, endorse the Council's approach to monitoring and reporting performance, agree on areas for continued focus, and note the publication of performance against the TSMs on the Council's website.
Approved
Fire Door Replacement Programme
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 August 2025 7:00 pm - August 19, 2025
...to approve a £12 million, four-year fire door replacement program for flatted accommodations, utilizing a hybrid procurement strategy involving a one-year contract for urgent works and a three-year framework agreement, subject to procurement board endorsement and strategic director authorization.
Approved
Budget Strategy and MTFS Update 2026/27 - 2028/29
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 19 August 2025 7:00 pm - August 19, 2025
...to note the updated financial context, approve the budget strategy for 2026/27, note the MTFS projections and budget gap, note the underlying assumptions, note the Housing Revenue Account, Schools and Capital budget strategy, and note the budget setting timetable for 2026/27.
Approved
Minutes - To confirm as correct the minutes of the meeting held on 25 February 2025
From: Cabinet - Tuesday, 18 March 2025 7:00 pm - March 18, 2025
...to confirm as correct the minutes from their meeting held on February 25, 2025.
Deleted
Summary
Meetings Attended: 21
Average per Month: 1.3
Decisions Recorded: 45