Audit Committee

Tuesday, 19 November 2002 at 3.30 pm

Present:  Councillors Calvert, Hill, Jackson, Mitchell, O’Rourke and White.

Chair:    Councillor Mitchell presided.

In attendance:  Chief Executive, Mr D Stoddart (for Depute Chief Executive), Director of Finance, Director of Legal & Support Services and Senior Internal Auditor.

Present Also: Mr G Jack, Messrs PricewaterhouseCoopers, Internal Audit Partners.

Apologies:  Provost Roach and Councillor McGhee.

Prior to commencement of business, reference was made by the Convener to a special meeting of the Committee which would be convened at 10 am on Thursday, 5 December 2002 to consider a report by the Director of Finance on the 2001/2002 Annual Report and Members Letter from the External Auditors.

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“A Job Worth Doing” - Update

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There was submitted a report dated 31 October 2002 by the Director of Finance providing the final update to 31 October 2002 on progress made in improving Internal Audit Services in response to the External Audit Report “A Job Worth Doing”.

Decided:  that the Committee note the final progress update on the External Audit Report “A Job Worth Doing” which indicated that all recommendations had now been fully implemented within the agreed timescale of one year.

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Internal Audit - Quarterly Report

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There was submitted a report dated 28 October 2002 by the Director of Finance appending the quarterly monitoring report on Internal Audit activity for the period 1 July to 30 September 2002.

Decided:

(1)  that the Committee welcome the continued progress made in the Internal Audit Service; and

(2)  that the Director of Finance submit progress reports on a quarterly basis to the Committee.

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Internal Audit Manual

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There was submitted a report dated 5 November 2002 by the Director of Finance on the development and production of an Internal Audit Manual, a copy of which was appended to the report, which set out Internal Audit’s procedures and policies.

Decided:  that the Committee endorse and adopt the Internal Audit Manual appended to the report.