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 16 July 2026 (attached) and to authorise the Chair to sign them.

This report presents the capital monitoring position at quarter 1 for the current financial year 2026/27.

This report presents the forecast revenue outturn position for the current financial year 2026/27, as at Quarter 1 (30 June).

The appendix to this report provides an overview of the council’s performance with respect to its ongoing annual plan actions from 2024-25, key performance indicators, corporate risks, committee risks, and annual governance statement actions.

This report contains information on recent council complaint decisions from the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman (LGSCO) and the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO), as well as an update on data breaches.

This report sets out the Council’s approach to improving transparency and lessons learned from prior year external audit findings.

This report presents the Committee with its rolling annual Work Programme. Due to the running time of the July 2026 Audit and Scrutiny Committee meeting and Standing Order 9 (see page 5 of Appendix 5 of the Constitution), this report was not reviewed by the Committee and carried forward to this meeting.