Agenda

Audit and Accounts Committee - Wednesday, 22 January 2020 2.00 pm

Venue: Committee Room 1, Salford Civic Centre, Chorley Road, Swinton. View directions

Contact: Liz Wright

Items
No.	Item
1.	Private meeting for the committee members with the Internal Auditors
2.	TRAINING SESSION: Protecting those at risk from financial fraud - Simon Bleckly
3.	Apologies for Absence
4.	Agenda Items The Committee is asked to consider whether it agrees to the inclusion of the items listed in Parts 1 and 2 of the agenda.
5.	Declarations of Interest
6.	Appointment/Re-appointment of Co-opted Members of the Committee
7.	Committee Attendance
8.	Minutes of the Previous Meeting PDF 105 KB To approve as a correct record the minutes of the previous meeting held on 23 October 2019.
9.	Matters Arising
10.	URGENT BUSINESS - PART 1
10a	Evaluating the Effectiveness of the Audit Committee - Miranda Carruthers-Watt How the committee adds value to the council.
10b	An Update on the Strategic Risk Register 2019/20 - Emma Reid PDF 163 KB
10c	The Annual Audit Letter 2019/20 - Mazars PDF 587 KB
10d	External Audit Update - Mazars PDF 651 KB Audit and Accounts Committee Update.
10e	Housing Benefit Subsidy Report - KPMGm - to follow
10f	Counter Fraud Bribery and Corruption Update - Simon Bleckly PDF 121 KB
10g	Urban Vision Transition - Shoaib Mohammad PDF 285 KB
11.	Internal Audit Progress Report PDF 154 KB
12.	EXCLUSION OF THE PUBLIC The officers consider that the following items contain exempt information as provided for in the Local Government Access to Information Act and that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information. Members are recommended to agree the necessary resolutions excluding the public from the meeting during consideration of this item. At the time this agenda is published no representations have been that this part of the meeting should be open to the public.
13.	Internal Audit Investigations Progress Report (April 2019 to January 2020) PDF 82 KB Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 10 View the reasons why document 13./2 is restricted
14.	URGENT BUSINESS - PART 2
15.	Date of the Next Meeting · The next meeting of the Audit and Accounts Meeting had been previously agreed as Wednesday 25March 2020 at 2pm in Committee Room 1. · Future meeting dates are proposed as follows: o Wednesday 24 June 2020 at 2pm in The Salford Suite o Wednesday 22 July 2020 at 2pm in Committee Room 1 o Wednesday 21 October 2020 at 1.30pm in Committee Room 4 o Wednesday 20 January 2021 at 1.30pm in Committee Room 1 o Wednesday 24 March 2021 at 2pm in Committee Room 1