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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies

To receive any apologies for absence.

 

The quorum for the Audit and Governance Committee is 3 members.

 

2.

Substitute Members

To note details of any substitution arrangements in place for the meeting.

3.

Declarations of Interest

To receive any declarations of interest from Members relating to items to be considered at the meeting.

4.

Minutes pdf icon PDF 563 KB

To confirm the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 27 May 2025.

5.

Public Questions

To deal with questions from the public within the open forum question and answer session of fifteen minutes in total. Questions or supplementary questions from each member of the public should be no longer than two minutes each and relate issues under the Committee’s remit.

6.

Member Questions

To deal with written questions by Members, relating to issues under the Committee’s remit, with the maximum length of oral supplementary questions at Committee being no longer than one minute. Responses to any supplementary questions will be dealt with in writing following the meeting.

7.

Annual Summary Of Complaints Statistics From The Local Government And Social Care Ombudsman - Year Ending 31 March 2025 pdf icon PDF 581 KB

Purpose

This report presents the Annual Complaints statistics as provided by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman for the year 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025.

 

Recommendation

That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

1.    Note the content of the report and the Annual Review Letter 2024 – 2025.

 

Additional documents:

8.

Treasury Management Outturn pdf icon PDF 876 KB

Purpose

To receive and discuss details of the Council’s Treasury management performance for the period 01 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.

 

Recommendation

That Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

  1. Consider the Council’s Treasury Management performance for the period 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
  2. Agree any comments to be passed to full Council when considering this item.

 

Additional documents:

9.

Draft Annual Governance Statement pdf icon PDF 543 KB

Purpose

This report provides the Audit and Governance Committee with an updated Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25 and an Annual Governance Action plan for 2025/26.

 

Recommendation

That Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

 

  1. Approve the Annual Governance Statement for 2024 / 2025
  2. Approve the Annual Governance Action Plan for 2025 / 2026
  3. Agree to receive updates at future meetings of the Audit and Governance Committee to update on progress against the 25 / 26 Action Plan

 

Additional documents:

10.

Internal Audit Annual Opinion pdf icon PDF 668 KB

Purpose

To present a summary of the work undertaken by Internal Audit during 2024/25 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:

  1. Consider the report and comments as necessary.

 

Additional documents:

11.

2024/2025 Draft Statement of Accounts pdf icon PDF 106 KB

Purpose

To discuss the Statement of Accounts.

 

Please note that this item does not contain a cover report, this report will be introduced with slides at the meeting.

 

A link to the final set of published draft accounts will be provided at the meeting.

 

 

12.

Audit and Governance Committee Work Plan pdf icon PDF 548 KB

For the Committee to review and note its work plan.