Audit Committee

Tuesday 10 February 2004 at 3.00 pm

Present:  Councillors Hill, McCabe, McCormick (M), Mitchell, Roach, Robertson and Stewart.

Chair:    Councillor McCabe presided.

In attendance:  Chief Executive, Director of Community & Protective Services, Director of Corporate Services, Mr H McNeilly (for Director of Legal & Support Services) and Chief Internal Auditor.

Present also: Mr D Richardson and Ms A Mazzaccherini, Audit Scotland.

The following paragraphs are submitted for information only, having been dealt with under the powers delegated to the Committee.

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External Audit Reports

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There was submitted a report dated 21 January 2004 by the Director of Finance providing a summary of the main findings of the reports produced by Audit Scotland since the last meeting of the Committee.

Decided:  that the matters raised in the Executive Summaries as appended to the report be noted.

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Internal Audit - Quarterly Report

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There was submitted a report dated 19 January 2004 by the Chief Internal Auditor appending the quarterly monitoring report on Internal Audit activity for the period to 16 January 2004.  (Councillor Robertson entered the meeting during consideration of this item of business).

The Convener advised that he and the Vice-Convener had asked the Chief Internal Auditor to write to the Chief Executive of Inverclyde Leisure requesting that the report on the Income Review of Inverclyde Leisure which identified a number of high priority items requiring attention be submitted to the Board at the earliest opportunity, highlighting the concerns and asking that the recommendations be implemented as soon as possible.

Decided: 

(1)   that the Committee note the position in respect of the Income Review of Inverclyde Leisure as outlined above; and

(2)   that the Committee welcome the continuing progress made by the Internal Audit Service to 16 January 2004.

It was agreed in terms of Section 50(A)(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 as amended, that the public and press be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that the business involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7(A) of the Act.

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Internal Audit - Quarterly Report: Appendix

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There was submitted appendix to Internal Audit Quarterly Monitoring Report to 16 January 2004 providing details of 2 audits.

Noted