Issue - meetings

To receive the Internal Audit Plan 2022/23 and Charter.

The Internal Audit Manager outlined her report that detailed the Internal Audit Plan 2022/23 and the Charter. She explained how the Internal Audit plan had been compiled and that it had been drawn up to address the key risks for the Council, taking into account available resources. She said that deferrals from the current year had been carried forward and summarised the key findings from two recently finalised reports on Safeguarding and Planning Investigations. She also said that changes made to the Internal Audit Charter had been minimal.

The Development Manager provided an explanation that supported the Internal Audit report on Planning Investigations in respect of IDOX configuration.

In response to various questions, the Internal Audit Manager confirmed that she had enough resources and that contingency was built into the plan. She said that she could drill down on the links to the Corporate Plan and could be flexible if there were requests to undertake reviews at a different point in the year. She also confirmed that she would be reviewing the corporate risk management approach taken by the Council.

Councillor Light asked whether PBC22_2 Local Plan could be brought forward from Q3. The Chief Executive provided reasons for the item to remain in Q3.

The report was noted.