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This report summarises progress against the Internal Audit Plan 2021-2022.

The Committee received a report summarising progress against the Internal Audit Plan 2021-2022.

The following matters were considered by the Committee:

a)            Adjustment to the Internal Audit Plan:  the internal auditor confirmed that two sets of work have to be performed, in relation to the COVID-19 Local Government Compensation Scheme, and the Compliance and Enforcement Grant. 

b)            Revision of Due Dates: members expressed concern that in some instances, the revised due dates for management action were 2 years later than the original due dates, and sought assurance that these actions would indeed be taken.  The Internal Auditor assured members that the outstanding matters would continue to be monitored, and the Business Assurance Manager added that all actions are being progressed towards their revised due dates.

Following consideration, it was resolved to:

(1)      Note the internal audit progress report from Southern Internal Audit Partnership attached at Appendix 1 to the report.