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Meeting Summary
Audit & Governance Committee
10 Jul 2025 - 18:00 to 19:30
Scheduled
Council Chamber
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  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Ref
Ref:

A&G/07/25

 

Contact Ref:
Contact Name

Contact Officer:     Marie Lowe (01582 546781)

                                Email [email protected] 

 

Public Items
1. Apologies for Absence
2. Minutes
None at this time.
3. Disclosures of Interest

Members are reminded that they must disclose both the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interest and any personal interest that they have in any matter to be considered at the meeting unless the interest is a sensitive interest in which event they need not disclose the nature of the interest.

A member with a disclosable pecuniary interest must not further participate in any discussion of, vote on, or take any executive steps in relation to the item of business.

A member with a personal interest, which a member of the public with knowledge of the relevant facts would reasonably regard as so significant that it is likely to prejudice the member’s judgment of the public interest, must similarly not participate in any discussion of, vote on, or take any executive steps in relation to the item of business.

Disclosable pecuniary interests and Personal Interests are defined in the Council’s Code of Conduct for Members and Co-opted members.

4. Section 106, Local Government Finance Act 1992
Those item(s) on the Agenda affected by Section 106 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 will be identified at the meeting.  Any Members so affected is reminded that (s)he should disclose the fact and refrain from voting on those item(s).
5. Urgent Business

The Chair to report on any business which is considered to be urgent and which should be discussed at the meeting in accordance with Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 and to determine when, during the meeting, any such business should be discussed.

 

6. References from committees and other bodies
Reports
7. pdf Shared Anti-Fraud Service – 2024-25 Annual Anti-Fraud Report (701Kb)

(Report of the Head of Shared Anti-Fraud Services)

 

8. pdf Shared Anti-Fraud Service Anti-Fraud Plan 2025-26 Progress Report (281Kb)

(Report of the Head of Shared Anti-Fraud Service)

 

9. Audit Progress and Sector Update - To Follow

(Report of the External Auditor, Grant Thornton)

 

10. Indicative External Audit Plan for 2025/26 - To Follow

(Report of the External Auditor, Grant Thornton)

 

11. pdf Annual Reports - Operation of the Council’s Whistleblowing Policy and activity under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (168Kb)

(Report of the Monitoring Officer)

 

12. pdf Internal Audit Annual Report 2024-25 (514Kb)

(Report of the Audit Manager)

 

13. pdf Corporate Risks Update (212Kb)

(Report of the Audit Manager)

 

14. pdf Audit and Governance Committee Draft Work Programme 2025-26 (103Kb)

(Report of the Interim Director of Governance) 

 

15. Local Government Act 1972, Part VA
To consider whether to pass a resolution under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of any item listed above if it is likely that if members of the public were present during those items there would be disclosure to them of exempt information falling within the Paragraphs of Part1 of Schedule12A to the Local Government Act 1972.
Exempt Items

Additional Meeting Documents

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Cllr Jacqui Burnett 
Cllr Mahmood Hussain 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
Cllr Fatima Begum 

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Visitor Information is not yet available for this meeting

Item 10 - indicative External Audit Plan for 2025/26 - Verbal Update

Please note that the External Auditor, Grant Thornton, has confirmed that for this meeting a verbal update will be provided with a report to be submitted at the meeting scheduled for 28 August 2025.