Agenda item - Audit and Standards Committee Annual Report

6.1The Committee considered the report of the Executive Director of Finance and Resources, which was presented by the Acting Head of Internal Audit. The report provided a summary of the Audit & Standards Committee’s work, performance and achievements during 2013/14.

6.2Mr Horne thanked officers for the report. He referred to paragraph 30 of the report and asked if the review of the Code of Conduct and forthcoming training for members of the Committee could be added. Officers agreed.

6.3Councillor Simson referred to paragraph 21, and requested that consideration be given to providing additional resources for fraud prevention. The Executive Director of Finance and Resources said that the amount of resources available to address fraud were within the internal audit plan. However some of the work of the Corporate Fraud Team was being transferred to the Department for Works and Pension (DWP), and therefore the funding would need to be reviewed.

6.4RESOLVED:

(1)   That the Committee had considered the report

(2)   That the finalised report be referred to Full Council for Information.