Agenda item - Internal Audit Annual Report and Opinion 2023-24

RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee:

1)       Note the work undertaken and the performance of Internal Audit in 2023/24 and the resultant annual opinion of the Chief Internal Auditor.

2)       Note any significant control issues that should be included in

the Council’s Annual Governance Statement.

3)       Consider whether the Council’s arrangements for internal audit have proved effective during 2023/24.

9.1      The Committee considered the report of the Director of Corporate Services that provided members with an opinion on Brighton and Hove City Council’s control environment for the year from the 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 and an update on all internal audit and counter fraud activity completed during quarter 4 (2023/24) including a summary of all key audit findings.

9.2      Councillors Gauge, Guilmant, Grimshaw, Meadows, and Shanks asked questions and contributed to the debate of the report.

9.3      RESOLVED –

That the Audit, Standards, and General Purposes Committee:

1)       Note the work undertaken and the performance of Internal Audit in 2023/24 and the resultant annual opinion of the Chief Internal Auditor.

2)       Note any significant control issues that should be included in the Council’s Annual Governance Statement.

3)       Consider whether the Council’s arrangements for internal audit have proved effective during 2023/24.