Decisions for issue Internal Audit Progress Report 2012/13

73.1         The Head of Audit & Business Risk introduced the report and explained that it sought to update the Committee on the progress made against the Internal Audit Plan 2012/13, including the outcomes of specific audit reviews complete, agreed management actions and Internal Audit Key Performance Indicators.

73.2         Councillor Hamilton asked if Officers were confident of delivering the remaining and high priority audits that had not commenced; Officers explained they were reasonable confident of achieving this.

73.3         Following a query from Councillor Sykes it was explained that the report to the previous Committee had suggested the services could call on outside support to complete the work; however, this had not been necessary so far, and it was envisaged service improvements would ease this position in future years.

73.4         Councillor Wealls asked about public health arrangements listed in the report, and in response in was explained that there were 3 listed with assurances.

73.5         RESOLVED – That the Committee notes the progress made in delivering the Annual Internal Audit Plan