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This report summarises progress against the audit plan for 2014/15.

The Committee received a report summarising progress against the Audit Plan for 2014/15.

The Committee considered the following matters:

·         Property Maintenance and Post Implementation Review of CRM Audit reports. The Committee noted that these reports were still in draft form, and would not be presented to the Committee until finalised by the Auditor.

·         Payroll Audit report. The Committee was informed that the Council was taking action to address the issues identified in the Auditor’s Payroll report. It was noted that the issues raised by the Auditor included items related to BACS payments and the documentation of controls.

·         Procurement Audit report. The Committee was informed that Officers would be undertaking a health check of procurement arrangements in the next few weeks, with a result by the end of July 2015.

·         Procurement arrangements – Agency staff. The Committee was informed that a report regarding procurement arrangements for agency staff would be presented to the Strategy and Resources Committee on 24 June 2015.