The Assistant Chief Executive introduced the report of the Assistant Director: Finance and Section 151 Officer that provided Members with a progress update on actions taken by officers to address items of concern identified in the Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for 2016/17.

The report informed that the Annual Governance Statement for 2016/17 had been presented to this Committee in June 2017, and that a standard agenda item was now included for all meetings of this Committee to allow for regular updates on matters of concern identified in the AGS to be presented.

The report also informed that progress was being made to address all issues identified in the action plan. Targets, timescales and responsible officers having been identified and tasks allocated and work underway. Regular updates on actions to address identified issues were reported to the Corporate Governance Group on a bi-monthly basis by responsible officers and an escalation process had been implemented for reporting issues arising including failure to achieve targets to the Strategic Leadership Team for appropriate action.

The Assistant Chief Executive informed that no new issues had been identified for consideration.

Resolved – That the report be noted.