The Committee considered the report of the Interim Director of Finance which gave further information on the issues behind the external audit qualification of the Housing and Council Tax Benefits Subsidy Claim. This was part of Grant Thornton Certification Work 2011/12 report considered at the Committee at its meeting on 31 January 2013 (minute 44 refers).

In response to Members questions in relation to the IT systems capacity to manage the changes in the benefits system, Mr Peter Timmins, Interim Director of Finance indicated that there was a specialist team employed to manage this, plans had been put in place and stringent monitoring systems were being put in place to manage the implementation, any problems identified would be reported to the software company to be resolved efficiently.

Resolved – That the report be noted.