Meeting documents

Audit Committee
Thursday, 24th March, 2005 7.00 pm

Date:
Thursday, 24th March, 2005
Time:
7.00pm
Place:
Lancashire Fusiliers Room, Bury Town Hall
 

Attendance Details

Present:
Councillor J P Costello (in the Chair);
Councillors K S Briggs, A J Garner, I Gartside, A K Matthews, R H J Nuttall, K Rothwell, G Sharkey and B Vincent
Co-opted:
Mr A Loyns - (Co-opted Member)

No members of the public attended the meeting
Apologies for absence:
None
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Item Description Decision
Open
AU.1267 DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Preamble for item AU.1267
 
AU.1268 PUBLIC QUESTION TIME
Preamble for item AU.1268
 
AU.1269 Minutes of the Meeting held on Thursday, 20th January, 2005 7.00pm
 Delegated decision:

That the Minutes of the last meeting held on 20 January 2005 be approved as a correct record.
AU.1270 ICT AND E-GOVERNMENT
Preamble for item AU.1270
Delegated decision:

1. That the report be noted.

2. That Nigel be thanked for his report and presentation.
AU.1271 AUDIT AND INSPECTION 2003/04/05
Preamble for item AU.1271
Delegated decision:

That the report be noted.
AU.1272 EXCLUSION OF PRESS AND PUBLIC
 Delegated decision:

That, in accordance with Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items of business since they involved the likely disclosure of exempt information relating to any action taken or to be taken in connection with the prevention, investigation or prosecution of crime.
Exempt
AU.1273 INTERNAL AUDIT ANNUAL PLAN
  • (Attachment: 4)A report from the Head of Audit and Risk Management
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    (Attachment: 5)Appendix A
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    (Attachment: 6)Appendix B
  
AU.1274 INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT
  • (Attachment: 7)A report from the Head of Audit and Risk Management
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    (Attachment: 8)Appendix A
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    (Attachment: 9)Appendix B
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    (Attachment: 10)Appendix C
  
AU.1275 INTERNAL AUDIT REPORTS - MEMBERS’ FEEDBACK
  • (Attachment: 11)A report from the Head of Audit and Risk Management
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    (Attachment: 12)Appendix A
  
AU.1276 CHAIR'S CLOSING STATEMENT
  
The meeting started at 7.00 pm and finished at 8.00 pm

Preamble

Preamble
ItemPreamble
AU.1267Councillor K Rothwell declared a personal interest in Minute No. AU.1274. Internal Audit Progress report below.
AU.1268There were no members of the public present to ask questions at the meeting.
AU.1270Nigel DeNoronha from the Audit Commission gave a presentation setting out the review of ICT arrangements for the corporate applications - Financial Management and Procurement; Human Resources and Payroll and customer contact; and the Revenues and Benefits system replacement which had been carried out by the Audit Commission during October and November 2004.

The investigation was focussed around the following key themes:-

- Impact on:-

Customer access to and experience of high quality services which reflect citizen needs and aspirations, are inclusive and learn from other successes and failures.

- Delivered effectively through:-

Alignment with strategic priorities, leadership, effective project management where risk is controlled and maximum improvement achieved.

- And supported by:-

An effective infrastructure, organisational competence and capacity in new ways of working, where information is secure and future joint working can be supported.

The review highlighted current good practice and improvement in service provision and also highlighted areas where improvements were needed.

Appended to the report was an action plan identifying the improvement areas identified during the review.
AU.1271Karen Claber from the Audit Commission submitted a Progress Statement on the 2004/2005 Audit and Inspection Programme.