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Annual Governance Statement – Action Plan Update

 

 

Meeting: 27/05/2025 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 8)

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Summary/Purpose

This report presents the Audit and Governance Committee with a progress update for the Annual Governance Action plan for 24/25.

 

Recommendation

That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

1.    Note the progress updates.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The purpose of the report was to present the Audit and Governance Committee with a progress update on the Annual Governance Action Plan for 2024/25.

 

The Business Manager for Governance, Risk and Business Continuity introduced the item and made the following points:

  • The carryover items related to business continuity plans, although reviewed annually, required further development of policies and templates for rollout next year.
  • Procurement-related actions remained ongoing due to new rules, with training planned for the current financial year.
  • Actions arising from the recent peer review would also continue into the next financial year.

 

The Committee requested an update on the outstanding Peer Review actions. The Business Manager for Governance, Risk and Business Continuity reported positive feedback from the follow-up review, particularly in relation to governance. Highlights included the approval of the Committee’s new name and focus, member training, effective scrutiny and pre-decision engagement, and the valued contribution of the independent persons. A full report from the follow-up review was scheduled to be presented to Cabinet on 10 July.

The committee expressed concerns regarding procurement, noting that although training was scheduled for the new financial year and a toolkit was in development, some staff remained untrained and without access to the necessary resources. This gap could affect compliance with new procurement requirements. The Business Manager for Governance, Risk and Business Continuity confirmed that the procurement team had completed all required training. An updated set of Contract Procedure Rules was approved by Council in March, and procurement colleagues had since been delivering a training programme for all decision-making managers, with sessions scheduled through June.

 

 

RESOLVED: The Audit and Governance Committee NOTED the progress updates.

 

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