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Item AU 20/13 referred from Audit Committee of 27 July 2020

Item AU 20/13 referred from Audit Committee minutes of 27 July 2020

RESOLVED:  That the recommendation at Minute AU 20/13 be approved.

This report is produced to inform Council on how the Audit Committee has provided independent assurance on the adequacy of the risk management framework, the internal control environment and the integrity of the financial reporting and annual governance processes.  It is recommended that the Audit Committee agree that this report is presented to Council to support this assurance.

The report of the Chairman of the Audit Committee aimed to inform the Council of the means by which the Committee had provided independent assurance to those charged with governance on the adequacy of the risk management framework, the internal control environment and the integrity of financial reporting and annual governance processes.  The report summarised the work carried out by the Committee during 2019/20 and concluded that the required assurance set out in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Guidance had been provided by the Audit Committee to those charged with governance. 

Members referred to counter fraud measures in relation to the misuse of blue badges and it was confirmed that further enforcement work was planned for Tonbridge and Malling early in 2021 or when the coronavirus pandemic had improved sufficiently to allow work to progress. 

RECOMMENDED:  That the Annual Report be presented to the Council as independent assurance on the adequacy of the risk management framework, the internal control environment and the integrity of the financial reporting and annual governance processes.

*Referred to Council