Issue - meetings

Internal Audit Progress Report.

 

 

Meeting: 10/03/2020 - Governance Committee (Item 61)

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Report by MAZARS Public Sector Internal Audit Limited (attached).

 

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report by MAZARS Public Sector Internal Audit Limited regarding the Internal Audit progress report March 2020, (circulated previously).

 

The Head of Resources advised the Committee of the following in relation to the Internal Audit Progress report:

 

·         The 17 audits in the 2018/19 plan were now all complete

·         There were 18 audits in the 2019/20 plan, four of which would not be completed by the end of March 2020

·         Two final reports had been issued on the Business Continuity 2018/19 and Treasury Management 2019/20.

·         There was a robust plan moving forwards into 2020/21 under the new arrangement with Devon Audit Partnership

 

In response to a question the Head of Resources advised that Mazars would not be paid the full internal audit fee for 2019/20 as a proportion of the plan would not be completed.

 

The Deputy Head of the Devon Audit Partnership introduced himself and assured the Committee that their firm had a resilient staffing level with a wide pool of skill sets.  40 staff were available to carry out audit duties with a set number focussing on North Devon to become familiar with North Devon Council.