The Chief Internal Auditor presented his report which identified and evaluated

the performance of the internal audit service and included details of any

issues arising from the actual work and items of note undertaken during the period 1 February to 15 March 2024. Notable work reported included an ongoing review of the regeneration programme governance arrangements and an update on progress of identified actions arising from the audit of the Council’s agency worker’s contract.

Members queried the progress on outstanding actions arising from the audit of Climate Emergency and Health and Safety which had been previously reported to Committee. The Chief Internal Auditor confirmed two recommendations remained outstanding and work was being undertaken with senior managers to address these on a cross-directorate level.  Members also discussed the grading and roles of agency workers recruited within the Matrix contract, examination of contract governance of highways contracts and resourcing of the Simplification Pathfinder project delivery within the regeneration programme governance audit.

Resolved – That the report be noted.