Agenda item - Internal Audit Progress Report - Quarter 1

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Internal Audit Progress Report - Quarter 1

Report of the Executive Director, Finance & Resources

 

Decision:

29.1   RESOLVED - That the Committee noted the report and considered any  

further action required in response to the issues raised.

 

Minutes:

29.1   The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director, Finance & Resources presented by the Head of Audit, that provided an update on all internal audit and counter fraud activity completed during the quarter, including a summary of all key audit findings.  The report also included details of progress on delivery of the annual audit plan and an update on the performance of the internal audit service during the period.

 

29.2    The Head of Audit highlighted the counter fraud activity in Section 3 which showed the action tracking.  He confirmed that 93% came within the designated timescale and that there were two outstanding cases – both for Cityclean and highlighted the three audits on the Brighton Centre, the Pavilion and the EU grant.

 

29.3    In response to Dr Horne’s question on why a high priority action such as Cityclean should take as long as nine months, the Head of Audit stated that it was disappointing, but that a large number of actions were issued in the audit report last year and that this had resulted in the long timescale.

 

29.4    Councillor Sykes queried the large volume of petty cash and banking which he felt was high.  The Audit Manager stated that he accepted that there were certain groups such as Careleavers where the Council wanted to give a a commitment to individual choice and autonomy to this vulnerable group of people who may not have bank accounts which resulted in a high use of petty cash since alternative solutions were difficult to arrange.

 

29.5    The Chair noted that there may be more risks that may occur and would be audited throughout the year and that members of the Committee could email these risks directly to the Audit Manager.

 

29.6    The Chair asked for it to be logged on the Action Log that community involvement would take place between Councillor Sykes and the Head of Audit on the issue of petty cash.

 

29.7    RESOLVED - That the Committee noted the findings set out in the Internal Audit Progress Report – Quarter 1 (1 April – 30 June 2018) and considered any further action required in response to the issues raised.

 

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