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Contact: Amelia Christopher Email: amelia.christopher@surreycc.gov.uk
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APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE AND SUBSTITUTIONS
To receive any apologies for absence and substitutions. Additional documents: |
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MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING - 13 SEPTEMBER 2023
To agree the minutes as a true record of the meeting. Additional documents: |
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
All Members present are required to declare, at this point in the meeting or as soon as possible thereafter (i) Any disclosable pecuniary interests and / or (ii) Other interests arising under the Code of Conduct in respect of any item(s) of business being considered at this meeting NOTES: · Members are reminded that they must not participate in any item where they have a disclosable pecuniary interest · As well as an interest of the Member, this includes any interest, of which the Member is aware, that relates to the Member’s spouse or civil partner (or any person with whom the Member is living as a spouse or civil partner) · Members with a significant personal interest may participate in the discussion and vote on that matter unless that interest could be reasonably regarded as prejudicial. Additional documents: |
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QUESTIONS AND PETITIONS
To receive any questions or petitions.
Notes: 1. The deadline for Member’s questions is 12.00pm four working days before the meeting (16 November 2023). 2. The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (15 November 2023). 3. The deadline for petitions was 14 days before the meeting, and no petitions have been received.
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RECOMMENDATIONS TRACKER AND WORK PLAN
To review the Committee’s recommendations tracker and work plan. Additional documents: |
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LGSCO ANNUAL LETTER AND COMPLAINTS HANDLING UPDATE
To give the Audit & Governance Committee an overview of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s (LGSCO) annual letter for the year 2022/23 and an update on complaint handling across the council.
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6 MONTH COMPLAINTS PERFORMANCE UPDATE REPORT 2023/24
To give the Audit & Governance Committee an overview of the volumes and themes of complaints for the first six months of the 2023/24 year.
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ANNUAL GOVERNANCE STATEMENT HALF YEAR UPDATE
This report provides an update on progress on the improvement areas identified in the 2022/23 Annual Governance Statement for monitoring purposes.
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STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS 2021/22
To present the audited Statement of Accounts for the Council Group and Pension Fund for the financial year ended 31 March 2022 and the external auditor’s Final Audit Findings Report.
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EXTERNAL AUDIT 2022/23 - PROGRESS REPORT
To update the Audit and Governance Committee on the progress of the external audit of the Council’s Statement of Accounts for 2022/23.
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TREASURY MANAGEMENT MID YEAR REPORT 2023/24
This report summarises the Council’s treasury management activity during the first half of 2023/24, as required to ensure compliance with CIPFA’s Code of Practice for Treasury Management.
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INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT - QUARTER 2
The purpose of this progress report is to inform Members of the work completed by Internal Audit between 1 July 2023 and 30 September 2023.
The current annual plan for Internal Audit is contained within the Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan 2023-24, which was approved by this Committee on 8 March 2023.
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee will be on 17 January 2024. Additional documents: |