Issue - meetings

The Committee considered a report of the Assistant Director of Corporate Governance and Strategic Financial Management which updated Members on the progress being made to reduce the risk of issues arising for the Council to address, where matters ha been identified as areas requiring improvement in terms of internal control within the Annual Governance Statement for 2020/2021. The report also sought to identify new risks which were considered appropriate for potential inclusion in the Annual Governance Statement, when it would be produced for the financial year 2021/2022.

The Council, as part of its Statement of Final Accounts, is obliged to produce an Annual Governance Statement. This should help to identify significant governance issues that the Council should consider at the financial year-end, to reduce its risk.

The report detailed issues that re reported in the 2020/2021 Annual Governance Statement and the actions taken, to date, in 2021/2022 to mitigate those risks. It also gave an opinion on the present risk at the production of the Annual Governance Statement based upon a Red/Amber/Green (RAG) rating. In addition, the report detailed new issues that maybe considered for inclusion in the 2021/2022 Annual Governance Statement and as such gave an opinion regarding risks associated with the production of the Statement based upon a RAG rating.

Resolved:

That the report be noted.