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This report summarises progress against the audit plan for 2018/19 and provides details on the one outstanding audit from 2017/18.

The Committee received a report summarising progress against the audit plan for 2018/19 and providing details on the one outstanding audit from 2017/18.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Audit of Continuous Assurance of key controls – Tree inspection findings.  The Committee expressed concern that a year backlog of tree inspections had developed.

It was noted that Officers would provide an update on this matter at the next meeting of the Committee.

b)            2017/18 Audit of Cyber Security. The Internal Auditor introduced the Audit and highlighted its findings to the Committee. Following this, the Committee received a presentation from the Head of Digital and Service Transformation and ICT Manager which detailed the: ICT service’s current position, actions taken and scheduled in response to the Audit recommendations, service delivery plan, cyber security posture and disaster recovery arrangements. Committee members asked questions to the Head of Digital and Service Transformation and ICT Manager.

It was noted that Officers would provide an update on the implementation of recommendations from the Audit of Cyber Security at the Committee’s April 2019 meeting.

c)            Proposed new arrangements for internal audit. The Committee noted that the Council’s contract with RSM for the provision of internal audit would expire at the end of March 2019. The Council’s internal audit would be provided by Southern Internal Audit Partnership from April 2019.

Following consideration, the Committee:

(1)          Received the internal audit progress report for 2017/18 which provided details on the outstanding audit from 2017/18.

(2)          Received the internal audit progress report for 2018/19.

(3)          Noted the proposed changes to the provision of internal audit services as from 1 April 2019.

The Committee expressed it’s thanks to the Head of Digital and Service Transformation, ICT Manager and Internal Auditor for their work on the matters considered.