Decision details

The Head of Internal Audit, Caroline Glitre, presented that Annual Internal Audit Opinion 2017/18. She reported that there had been a deterioration in the councils control environment since 2016/17 and advised that the following key themes had led to the limited assurance judgement: 

·       Financial control and fraud risk;

·       Oversight, accountabilities and roles and responsibilities;

·       Data quality and integrity;

·       Compliance policies and procedures.

In addition, there had been a significant increase in the number of limited assurance audits with an increase from 11% in 2016/17 to 25% in 2017/18.

RESOLVED that the Committee note the contents of the Annual Internal Audit Opinion 2017/18 as detailed in the report.