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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Audit and Scrutiny Panel
31 Oct 2024 - 14:00 to 16:00
Occurred
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Date
Published Date
22 October 2024
Agenda Items
1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
Audit Related Items
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Finance) providing information on the Letter of Representation required to be submitted to Audit Scotland in respect of the Council's Annual Accounts and the Council's Charitable Trust Accounts for 2023/24.
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Finance) outlining the external auditor's comments on specific matters arising from their audit of the financial statements for both the Council and the Charitable Trusts and Educational Endowments administered by the Council
Submit report by the Acting Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) attaching the Annual Audit Report (AAR) produced by the Council's appointed external auditors, Audit Scotland, in respect of the Audit of the Council for the year-ending 31 March 2024.
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Finance) presenting the Council's final 2023/24 Annual Accounts.
Submit report by the Chief Officer (People Resources) providing an update on the corrective actions agreed and being progressed in respect of Duplicate Overtime Claims.
Submit report by Acting Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) allowing elected members to track implementation of outstanding requests and recommendations made by the Panel in respect of audit and risk-related items.
Submit report by Acting Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) seeking approval of the Internal Audit Strategy for 2024-25 to 2026-27.
Submit report by Acting Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing an overview of Internal Audit activity and the results of Internal Audit outputs finalised since the last update to the Panel in August 2024.
Submit report by Acting Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing an update to the Panel on the results of Internal Audit's follow up work, reviewing the extent to which management have implemented actions previously committed to in response to External Audit recommendations made in the last two years. 
Submit report by Acting Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) informing the Panel of the requirement for the Council to participate in the forthcoming National Fraud Initiative 2024.
Submit report by Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing the Panel with an update on the developments and changes in relation to the Corporate Risk Register and other key risk management developments since the last update to the Panel in August 2024, with a particular focus on corporate risks for which a review was completed during the reporting period.
Scrutiny Related Items
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Business and Digital) providing an update on the latest quarterly performance assurance review, undertaken on performance reports previously submitted to Council Committees during Cycle 3 of 2024.
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Business and Digital) outlining the composite annual position with a high level summary and up to date position on the Strategic Frameworks considered by the Audit and Scrutiny Panel.

Additional Meeting Documents

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Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Andrew Duffy-Lawson 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
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Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

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