Agenda

Audit and Accounts Committee - Wednesday, 21 October 2020 2.00 pm

Venue: On-line Live Meeting (MS Teams) via the link below

Contact: Liz Wright

Items
No.	Item
	1:45pm: Private meeting for the committee with the External Auditors
	On-line meeting (via Microsoft Teams - Audio only) via the link below: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NDhjYjExZWEtYTE5OS00M2VhLWJkZmYtN2U4MTE0NDU0NWJh%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2268c00060-d80e-40a5-b83f-3b8a5bc570b5%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22d7e0a353-9a97-4a8e-952c-f6451ae2de66%22%2c%22IsBroadcastMeeting%22%3atrue%7d
1.	Apologies for Absence
2.	The Committee is asked to consider whether it agrees to the inclusion of the items listed in Parts 1 and 2 of the agenda.
3.	Declarations of Interest.
4.	To approve, as a correct record, the minutes of the previous meeting. PDF 127 KB Minutes of the meeting held on 23^rd September 2020.
5.	Matters Arising
6.	Audit & Accounts Committee Self-Assessment - David Smith PDF 58 KB Additional documents: Audit Committee Self-Assessment Report 2020 - Appendix A , item 6. PDF 67 KB
7.	Annual Governance Statement - Jean Gleave/Sian Roxborough PDF 87 KB Additional documents: Annual Governance Statement 2019-20 , item 7. PDF 245 KB
8.	Audit of 2019/20 Statement of Accounts - Joanne Hardman PDF 113 KB
9.	External Auditors: Audit Completion Report - Mazars PDF 1 MB · Including the latest position on the Statement of Accounts.
10.	Final Internal Audit Strategy and Plan 2020/21 PDF 93 KB Additional documents: Internal Audit Annual Strategy & Audit Plan 2020-21 - Appendix 1 - PART 1 , item 10. PDF 512 KB
11.	Internal Audit Progress Report PDF 174 KB
12.	Additional external audit fees (Grant Thornton) - Joanne Hardman/Chris Hesketh PDF 331 KB
13.	Counter Fraud Bribery and Corruption Update Report - Simon Bleckly PDF 148 KB
14.	URGENT BUSINESS - PART 1
15.	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.
16.	URGENT BUSINESS - PART 2
17.	Date of Next Meeting · Consideration of holding a special meeting in November 2020. · Next planned meeting Wednesday 20^th January 2021.