Issue - meetings
2020/21 ANNUAL HEAD OF INTERNAL AUDIT REPORT
Meeting: 22/07/2021 - Accounts and Audit Committee (Item 12)
12 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE HEAD OF INTERNAL AUDIT 2020/21 
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To consider a report of the Audit and Assurance Manager.
Minutes:
The Audit and Assurance Managerintroduced a report which provided a summary of the work of the Audit and Assurance Service during 2020/21; and also provided an opinion on the overall adequacy and effectiveness of the Council’s control environment (which encompassed internal control, risk management and governance) during 2020/21. The Committee noted in particular the satisfactory opinion on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Council’s internal control environment.
In discussion Members raised questions regarding the rationale for the selection of Internal Audit coverage, and the extent to which the Covid-19 pandemic might have influenced the financial control environment. It was noted that specific audit coverage was planned of areas which might have been subject to changes in controls during the period.
RESOLVED – That the content of the report be noted.
