Issue - meetings

To receive the Internal Audit progress report from April to December 2020 and details of the forthcoming work to the end of March 2021.

The Internal Audit Manager introduced herself and outlined the new internal audit arrangements in place. She said that she was working 18 hours per week for the Council and was also working for Chelmsford City Council.

She gave a summary of the report, which detailed the work that Internal Audit had undertaken between April and December 2020 and set out the planned work to the end of March 2021. She said that changes had been made to the revised audit plan in order to focus more on the higher risks to the Council and she confirmed that Internal Audit was on track to complete the revised plan by the end of March 2021. She reported that five reports had been completed and that a further ten reports remained to complete. She referred Members to Paragraph 7.4 of her report which detailed the deferrals and cancellations.

Councillor Khan welcomed the clear report.

The Chair noted the contents of the report.

Councillor De Vries joined the meeting at 7.15 pm and Councillor Gregory joined the meeting at 7.19 pm.