Agenda
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Apologies for Absence To receive any apologies for absence. The quorum for the Audit and Governance Committee is 4 Members. |
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Declarations of Interest To receive any declarations from Members of the Committee on any items to be considered at the meeting |
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Minutes of Previous Meeting To approve the minutes of the meeting held on 20 May 2026. |
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Purpose: To provide the Committee with its first Information Governance & SIRO report, summarising the Council’s key actions and progress in reducing information risk and strengthening data and information management controls during the 2025/26 financial year.
Recommendations: That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:
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Internal Audit Annual Opinion 2025/26 Purpose: To present a summary of the work undertaken by Internal Audit during 2025/26 and to give an overall opinion on levels of assurance resulting from this work. Due to the information contained in The Internal Audit Annual Opinion, it is deemed unnecessary to submit a separate quarterly monitoring report. Instead, we have produced a condensed version of the usual report which contains a summary of the work concluded since the last meeting of this Committee.
Recommendation: That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:
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Statement of Accounts 2025/26 - Update and Accounting Policies Purpose: This report presents the accounting policies to be included in the 2025/26 Statement of Accounts. This provides Members with the opportunity to review and approve the policies in advance of the preparation of the Statement of Accounts 2025/26. Approving the accounting policies in advance of the preparation of the accounts represents best practice.
Recommendations: That the Audit and Governance Committee:
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25/26 Treasury Outturn Purpose: To advise members of treasury management activity and the performance of internal and external fund managers for 2025/26
Recommendation: That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:
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Strategic Risk Register Purpose: The report brings to Members the current version of the Strategic Risk Register for information and assurance that risks to the Council are being managed and appropriate actions are being taken to mitigate risk.
Recommendations: That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:
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Purpose: This report provides the Audit and Governance Committee with an updated Annual Governance Statement for 2025/26 incorporating the Annual Action Plan for 2025/26, an Annual Governance Action plan for 2026/27 and the Local Code of Corporate Governance 2026/27.
Recommendations: That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:
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Annual Summary of Member Conduct Complaints Purpose: To advise the Committee of the number and status of Code of Conduct complaints received and considered by the Council’s Monitoring Officer, in consultation with the Independent Person, in the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 and any learnings.
Recommendations: That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:
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Purpose: This report provides a review of the organisation’s complaints handling performance and service improvement over the financial year 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026. The report is written in line with the Councils Complaints Policy and Procedure (“the Policy”) which was introduced on 1 April 2025. The Policy meets the requirements of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Complaint Handling Code. The report also presents the Annual Complaints statistics as provided by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (“the LGO”) letter for the year 1st April 2025 – 31st March 2026. The report also outlines some proposed changes to the Policy for Committee Approval.
Recommendations: That the Audit and Governance Committee:
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Audit and Governance Committee Work Programme Purpose For the Committee to review and note its work programme. |