Issue - meetings

Consideration was given to report of the Chief Officer Resources.

The Professional Lead Internal Audit presented the revised Internal Audit Charter for 2020/21 for Members’ consideration.  The Charter must be reviewed periodically by both the Corporate Leadership Team and the Audit Committee and this was undertaken on an annual basis.  The Officer confirmed that no significant changes had been to the Charter since approval last year.

A Member asked whether any new processes had been adopted to continue to undertake audits, taking homeworking into account

The Audit & Risk Manager explained that homeworking had already been established prior to the COVID pandemic and with more electronic systems in place the majority of audits could be undertaken remotely, subject to identification of critical services.  However, there were instances when visits to premises was required and Officers were currently working around this.

RESOLVED that the report be accepted and the Committee approve the Audit Charter in line with good practice and the requirements of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS).