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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Audit and Scrutiny Panel
13 Nov 2025 - 14:00 to 16:00
Occurred
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Date
Published Date
4 November 2025
Agenda Items
1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000
Scrutiny Related Items
Submit report by Chief Officer (Strategy and Engagement) bringing together a summary of the Council’s performance reports in one composite assurance overview to support the Panel in maintaining strategic oversight and awareness of the Council’s performance reporting arrangements in line with the Panel’s remit to provide “independent review of the council’s governance, risk management, performance, and control frameworks”.
Submit report by Chief Officer (Strategy and Engagement) setting out the position statement for each Framework to provide a composite update in support of the Panel’s strategic oversight and governance role.
Submit report by Chief Officer (Strategy and Engagement) providing an update on the performance of the Council complaints handling in line with the Panel’s role to provide an independent review of the Council’s governance, risk management, performance, and control frameworks.
Audit Related Items
Submit report by 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 Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing an overview of Internal Audit activity and audit reports issued since the last update to the Panel in August 2025 and an update on performance management.
Submit report by Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing contextual background to the issues identified at Glasgow City Council and outlining the work undertaken by Audit Scotland in reviewing recent exit packages for two Chief Officers at North Lanarkshire Council.
Submit report by Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing an update on the Internal Audit review of the award of a direct contract through an external procurement framework as part of the Council’s new build housing programme.
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) updating the Panel on the progress made by management in the implementation of Internal and External Audit recommendations.
Submit report by Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) seeking to support the Panel in the discharge of the aspect of its remit of monitoring the effective development and operation of risk management in the Council.
Remit
Submit report by the Chief Officer (Planning, Performance and Quality Assurance) providing an update on the Quality Assurance activity over the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Chris Costello 
Paul Kelly 
Anne McCrory 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
Martin McCulloch11Convener of Adult Care and Social Work CommitteeOtherRemain in the meeting.

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