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Audit Committee Annual Report

Meeting: 27/04/2022 - Council (Item 36)

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Item AU 22/15 referred from Audit Committee of 4 April 2022

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Minutes:

Item AU 22/15 referred from Audit Committee of 4 April 2022.

 

RESOLVED: That the recommendation at AU 22/15 be approved.


Meeting: 04/04/2022 - Audit Committee (Item 15)

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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 be presented to Council to support this assurance.

Minutes:

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 2021/22 and concluded that the required assurance, as defined in the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) Guidance, had been provided by the Audit Committee to those charged with governance. 

 

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