Agenda

To take any questions or statements from members of the Public.

To receive declarations of any Disclosable Pecuniary Interests or other registrable or non-registrable interests from Members in respect of any item to be considered at the meeting.

The Committee is asked to confirm as a true record the Minutes of the Meeting of the Committee held on the 27 March 2025 (attached) and to authorise the Chair to sign them.

This report provides the annual review of complaints received and decisions made by the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGO) between April 2024- and March 2025 inclusive.

In accordance with the Council’s Scheme of Delegation to officers, this report sets out urgent decisions taken by officers in consultation with committee Chairs for the period 3 June 2024 to 3 June 2025.

This report provides an update of the council’s end of year corporate performance with respect to its 2024-2025 annual plan objectives, key performance indicators, corporate risks, committee risks, and annual governance statement actions.

The Annual Governance Statement (AGS) is an important document which provides assurance concerning the council’s governance arrangements, both financial and non-financial. It is prepared on an annual basis for inclusion in the Statement of Accounts. This report seeks the Committee’s approval of the draft AGS 2024-25.

This report presents the Committee with its annual Work Programme.

To receive a report on the management responses to the External Auditor’s recommendations.

This report presents the External Audit Plan for 2024/25. In accordance with audit regulations, it must be presented to Committee.

The purpose of this paper is to present the Annual Internal Audit Conclusion for 2024/25 (Appendix 1) in accordance with the requirements of the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards.

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of internal audit activity against the assurance work completed in accordance with the approved audit plan (2024-25) and to provide an overview of the status of management actions.

The Committee is asked to consider whether it wishes to pass a resolution to exclude the Press and Public from the meeting in accordance with Section 100A (4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that the business involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act (as amended) and that pursuant to paragraph 10 of Part 2 of the said Schedule 12A the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information.