The Head of Internal Audit presented the report advising that a reasonable assurance would be agreed subject to the limited assurance reports for Declarations of Interest (for officers) and Procurement, the actions for which were due at the end of July 2019.

In response to member questions, the Head of Internal Audit and Director of Corporate Services advised that the declarations of interest process was currently under review and that there had been increased work in this area including publishing further guidance on the Council’s intranet.

In response to further questions, the Head of Internal Audit advised that the Accounts Receivable had not been audited in 2018/19 as this was done on a three year rolling programme and has been added to the 2019/10 audit plan.

RESOLVED: That the Committee reviewed and commented on the Internal Audit Annual Report 2018/19.