Agenda item

Ian Morton, Audit Manager, Veritau, introduced the Internal Audit 2018/19 Annual Report confirming that the opinion of the Head of Internal Audit on the framework of governance, risk management and control operating in the Authority is that it provides Substantial Assurance and that there are no qualifications to this opinion and no significant control weaknesses which need to be considered for inclusion in the Annual Governance Statement.  He thanked all staff they had dealt with for their cooperation.  He also stated that Veritau had recently been audited and they had received a result of generally conforming with Local Authority standards, which was the highest award.

The recommendation as set out in the report was moved, seconded, put to the vote and carried.

RESOLVED:

1.    To note and accept the 2018/19 annual report from the internal auditors as set out in Appendix 1 of the report.