Issue - meetings

The report of the External Auditor

The Chairman welcomed Ms Z Thomas from Grant Thornton to the meeting.

Ms Z Thomas presented the report to Members. She advised that the audit had looked at the debt recovery and business rates, and the outcome was significant assurance with some improvements required adding that it was a positive report. She explained that there were a number of recommendations made but they were low level and the report also highlighted a number of areas of good practice. She asked Members to have a think about any areas they wished the auditors to look at when they reviewed the Partnership.

Ms S O’Hanlon stated that it was a useful report and that everything that had  was a formal recommendation a  commitment had been given to look at or implement., though, this was not the case with the advisory matters

Members agreed that it was a positive report.

RESOLVED THAT:

The Internal Audit Report be noted