Agenda

Audit Committee - Monday, 27 March 2023 6.00pm

Venue: Council Chamber, Daneshill House, Danestrete, Stevenage

Contact: Ian Gourlay (01438) 242703  Email: committees@stevenage.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

2.

MINUTES - 7 FEBRUARY 2023 pdf icon PDF 212 KB

To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the meeting of the Audit Committee held on 7 February 2023.

3.

2019/20 STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS UPDATE pdf icon PDF 3 MB

To consider reports from Ernst & Young and the Strategic Director (Section 151 Officer) on the External Audit of the Council’s 2019/20 Statement of Accounts.

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4.

SHARED ANTI-FRAUD SERVICE (SAFS) PROPOSED ANTI-FRAUD PLAN 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 128 KB

To consider the Shared Anti-Fraud Service’s proposed Anti-Fraud Plan for 2023/24.

Additional documents:

5.

SIAS INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 604 KB

To consider the proposed SIAS Internal Audit Plan for 2023/24.

6.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE ARRANGEMENTS pdf icon PDF 295 KB

To consider an assessment of Corporate Governance arrangements.

Additional documents:

7.

URGENT PART I BUSINESS

To consider any Part I business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

8.

EXCLUSION OF PUBLIC AND PRESS

To consider the following motions –

 

1.          That under Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as described in Paragraphs 1 – 7 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act as amended by Local Government (Access to Information) (Variation) Order 2006.

 

2.          That Members consider the reasons for the following reports being in Part II and determine whether or not maintaining the exemption from disclosure of the information contained therein outweighs the public interest in disclosure.

9.

STRATEGIC RISK REGISTER

To consider the latest Strategic Risk Register.

10.

URGENT PART II BUSINESS

To consider any Part II business accepted by the Chair as urgent.