Agenda

To appoint a person to preside over the element of the meeting which will be held jointly with Statement of Accounts Committee.

To provide an update on the process of finalising the 2021/22 and 2022/23 Statements of Accounts, including the Annual Governance Statements.

The report also recommends that that committee approves the 2021/22 and 2022/23 Annual Governance Statements which form part of the statement of accounts, and authorises the CFO, after consultation with the Chair of Audit Committee/Statement of Accounts Committee, to sign the letters of representation required as part of the 2021/22 and 2022/23 external audit process.

After questions the Statement of Accounts Committee will adjourn to allow the Audit Committee to consider the report and to agree any recommendations.

Appendices 1 and 4 to follow

To consider any Part 1 business accepted by the Chair as urgent.

To consider the following motions –

1.  That under Section 100(A) 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 paragraphs1 – 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.

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