Internal Audit Annual Report 2020/21 (Item B5)

Report by Director, Finance and Corporate Services

  1. The Authority considered the Internal Audit Annual Report prepared by the Authority’s Internal Auditor (whose services are provided by Kent County Council under a service level agreement (SLA)).  
  2. Ms Frankie Smith, Audit Manager, introduced the Annual Report which contained the Head of Internal Audit’s opinion of the overall effectiveness of the Authority’s framework of governance, risk management and control systems; the outcomes of the annual review of internal audit effectiveness required by regulation; the self-assessment of Internal Audit’s compliance against the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS); and an appraisal of Internal Audit’s and the Authority’s performance against the Key Performance Indicators set as part of the SLA.   
  3. RESOLVED that:

(a)    the Internal Audit Annual Report for 2020/21, attached as Appendix 1 to the report, be approved;
(b)    the outcomes of the External Quality Assessment (EQA) of Internal Audit Services be noted. 
 

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