Issue - meetings

To note the Internal Audit Annual Report.

The Internal Audit Manager gave her report that summarised the work that Internal Audit had undertaken during the financial year 2021/22.

In response to various questions, she explained the reasoning behind the overall opinion of Limited Assurance, in that a number of significant control weaknesses, including one critical and 14 high priority had been identified during 2021/22 which may put the achievement of key service objectives at risk and result in error, fraud, loss or reputational damage. She also outlined the logic behind the red rating attached to the report on Uttlesford Norse (UNSL) Governance Arrangements.

The Director – Finance and Corporate Services confirmed that the UNSL report, originally intended for this Committee that had been withdrawn, would be brought back as soon as possible to an Extraordinary meeting of the Committee ahead of the next diarised meeting.

The report was noted.

Councillor Asker had arrived at the meeting at 7.05 pm and she apologised for her lateness.