Agenda item

Report of the Audit and Risk Manager

The Audit and Risk Manager submitted a report (previously circulated) presenting the Audit Services’ Audit Plan for 2019/20, associated performance indicators and Audit Charter (also previously circulated).

It was reported that a Charter had been developed which outlined how the service would meet the statutory requirements and how the Audit Plan would be developed and that a Strategic Plan and a Quality Assurance and Improvement Plan (QAIP) had also been developed.

The submitted report also highlighted that an internal audit service would no longer be provided to the Tees Valley Combined Authority.

Members discussed the strategic plan that had been developed and the risk rating element and how this was determined; allocation of the service between Darlington Borough Council and Stockton on Tees Borough Council; and the resources available to cover both authorities sufficiently.

RESOLVED – (a) That the Internal Audit Charter, as appended to the submitted report, and the rights of access therein, be approved.

(b) That the proposed Audit Plan for 2019/20, as appended to the submitted report, be approved.

(c) That the indicative strategic Audit Plan for 2019/2023 and the estimated resources available to deliver that Plan be noted;

(d) That the Quality, Assurance and Improvement Programme (QAIP), as appended to the submitted report, which will be used to monitor the service throughout the year, be noted.