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INTERNAL AUDIT UPDATE

Meeting: 12/06/2017 - Audit and Risk Management Committee (Item 5)

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Minutes:

The Chief Internal Auditor introduced his report that identified and evaluated the performance of the Internal Audit Section and included items of note arising from the actual work undertaken during the period 1 March to 31 May 2017. The report focused upon:

 

·  Any items of note arising from audit work conducted;

·  Any issues arising that require actions to be taken by Members;

·  Performance information relating to the Internal Audit Service;

·  Developments being undertaken to improve the effectiveness of the Internal Audit Service.

 

Members’ attention was drawn specifically to the following items of note that had been identified, namely:

 

Attendance Management (sickness absence) – An action plan identifying areas for improvement had been completed by officers and the actions reported to and agreed by, the Strategic Leadership Team with agreed timescales. Internal Audit would be following up this Action Plan later in the year and would report the outcome to the Committee.

 

Personal Finance Unit (PFU) – Internal Audit’s report identify that good progress has been made in implementing effective actions arising from both the independent review of the service and internal audit work undertaken. Follow up work has been scheduled within the Audit Plan for 2017/18 to evaluate the effectiveness of actions implemented and this will be reported upon to Committee in due course.

 

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) – The regulation, which replaces the current EU Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, is expected to come into force in May 2018. Internal Audit are scheduled to undertake a review of progress towards compliance in Quarter 3, and in the meantime have recommended that failure to comply with GDPR be included on the Corporate Risk Register to ensure it is mitigated in a timely manner.

 

The Chief Internal Auditor informed that the outstanding audit recommendations that related to ICT systems were the subject of a separate report on the meeting agenda (see Minute 9 post). He further informed of the ongoing actions undertaken by the Internal Audit service to improve overall efficiency and effectiveness that included incorporating and developing areas of best practice from across the Internal Audit profession.

 

Resolved – That the report be noted.