Issue - meetings

The purpose of this report is to provide the Audit and Scrutiny Committee with the Internal Audit Strategy 2025–2028.

The Committee received a report providing the Internal Audit Strategy 2025–2028.

The following matters were considered:

a)            Questionnaire responses. A Member of the Committee raised that the number of respondents in Appendix B seems low and asked if there was any reason for that. The Internal Auditor responded to explain that the questionnaire was sent out, and then a reminder was sent, and these were the only responses received. The Internal Auditor raised that the response could have been low due to cybersecurity and people’s hesitancy to open attachments to emails or documents and also pressures and demands on people’s time.

·                     The Chair proposed the recommendation is corrected to say 2028 instead of 2208.

Councillor Bridger seconded the motion.

The Committee unanimously agreed the motion and the recommendation was amended.

Following consideration, the Committee unanimously resolved to:

(1)      Note the Internal Audit Strategy 2025-2028.