Agenda

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

Following the presentation, Members will be invited to ask questions of

clarification.

At this juncture the Statement of Accounts Committee will adjourn to allow the

Audit Committee to consider the report and to agree to any recommendations.

At the rise of the Audit Committee the Statement of Accounts Committee will

reconvene and Members will receive details of any recommendations from the

Audit Committee on this matter.

Appendices 1 and 4 to follow.

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

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.

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