London Borough of Brent:
Minutes for Audit Committee meeting, Feb 22 2012, 7.30PM official page
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Venue: Committee Room 4, Brent Town Hall, Forty Lane, Wembley, HA9 9HD. View directions
Contact: Joe Kwateng, Democratic Services Officer Email: joe.kwateng@brent.gov.uk, (020) 8937 1354
Items No. ItemDeclarations of personal and prejudicial interests
Members are invited to declare, at this stage of the meeting, any relevant financial or other interest in the items on this agenda.
Minutes of the previous meeting PDF 124 KB
Matters arising
Deputations
Audit Commission Annual audit letter and governance report PDF 61 KB
This report sets out progress against the recommendations in the Annual Governance Report.
Additional documents:
- 2010-2011 - Annual Audit Letter 1, item 5. PDF 667 KB
- 1a- Appendix 1 Audit Commission action plan, item 5. PDF 58 KB
- 1b- Appendix 2 Closedown Timetable, item 5. HTM 2 KB
- 1c- Appendix 3 AAL action plan, item 5. PDF 42 KB
This report presents a number of reports from the Audit Commission. Representatives of the Audit Commission will present the report.
Additional documents:
- 2a - Audit Commission Reports Appendix 1, item 6. PDF 186 KB
- 2b - Audit Commission Reports Appendix 2, item 6. PDF 321 KB
- 2c - Audit Commission Reports Appendix 3, item 6. PDF 525 KB
- 2d - Audit Commission Reports Appendix 4, item 6. PDF 494 KB
2012/13 Treasury Management Strategy and Annual Investment Strategy PDF 214 KB
This report details the Treasury Management Strategy and Annual Investment Strategy for 2012/13.
Future of local public audit PDF 78 KB
This report advises members of the proposal by the Audit Commission to appoint an interim auditor to cover the period 1st April 2012 to 31st August 2012. The appointment is necessary to cover the period up to the point when the Audit Commission awards new contracts for the audit of local authorities following the disbanding of the Audit Commission. The report also provides a summary of the government’s response to their consultation on the Future of Local Public Audit.
Third internal audit progress report PDF 2 MB
This report sets out a summary of the work of Internal Audit for the period from 1st April 2011 to 31st January 2012 and the Investigation Team for the period 1st April 2011 to 31st December 2011. The report provides details of progress against the internal audit plan together with assurance ratings and priority 1 recommendations for limited and nil assurance reports for those audits for which final reports have been issued since December 2011.
Additional documents:
Verbal update on progress of strategic risk register & civic centre project risk register PDF 48 KB
This report provides the committee with an example of a Project Risk Register (Civic Centre) as requested at the last meeting of the Committee on 15th December 2011.
Additional documents:
- 6a- Risk Register Appendix C1, item 10. PDF 68 KB
- 6b- Risk Register Appendix C2, item 10. PDF 172 KB
- 6c- Risk Register Appendix C3, item 10. PDF 144 KB
Draft Internal Audit Plan & Audit Needs Assessment for 2012/13 PDF 72 KB
This report sets out the Draft Internal Audit Plan (“the Plan”) for 2012/13 and an update on the Audit Needs Assessment (‘ANA’) the output of which has been used to formulate the Plan. All Local Authorities are required to make proper provision for Internal Audit in line with the 1972 Local Government Act and the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2003(as amended). The CIPFA Code of Practice on Internal Auditin Local Government requires the proper planning of audit work.
The final audit plan will be presented for formal approval at the next scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee.
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Any other urgent business
Notice of items to be raised under this heading must be given in writing to the Democratic Services Manager or his representative before the meeting in accordance with Standing Order 64.
Date of next meeting
The next scheduled meeting of the Audit Committee will be confirmed after the Annual Council meeting in May 2012.
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