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Annual Governance Statement – Action Plan Update

Meeting: 25/01/2024 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 258)

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Purpose

This report provides the Audit and Governance Committee with an update on progress against the Annual Governance Statement action plan for 2023/24 as of January 2024.

 

Recommendation

That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

1.            Note the Annual Governance Action Plan and associated progress updates

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Chair stated that receiving the Governance statement was a regular requirement for the Committee. The purpose of the report was to provide the Audit and Governance Committee with an update on progress against the Annual Governance Statement action plan for 2023/24 as of January 2024.

The Business Manager for Business Continuity, Governance and Risk introduced the report, highlighting that most actions had been completed, with two red actions and one amber action.

 

Members discussed the Publica transition plan, and made reference to historic staffing shortages in some departments. Members asked when temporary staffing roles would be advertised with the new conditions, such as the Local Government Pension Scheme. The Chief Executive stated that work was already underway in looking at appointing to roles where they were vacancies on a case by case basis.

 

RESOLVED: To NOTE the report.