Agenda
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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 - 10 JULY 2024
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 (5 September 2024). 2. The deadline for public questions is seven days before the meeting (4 September 2024). 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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To provide an update on risk management.
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INTERNAL AUDIT PROGRESS REPORT - QUARTER 1
The purpose of this progress report is to inform Members of the work completed by Internal Audit between 1 April 2024 and 30 June 2024.
The current annual plan for Internal Audit is contained within the Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Plan 2024-25, which was approved by this Committee on 13 March 2024.
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THE LGSCO's ANNUAL REVIEW LETTER FOR SURREY COUNTY COUNCIL 2023/24
To provide an update on complaint statistics recorded about Surrey County Council and its performance in responding to Ombudsman investigations, following the publication of the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s Annual Review Letter for 2023/24.
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AUDIT AND GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE - ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24
For the Committee to review and comment on its Annual Report.
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The Surrey County Council Arrangements for Dealing with Allegations of Breaches of the Member Code of Conduct form part of the Council’s Constitution. The Interim Monitoring Officer has reviewed the arrangements and identified a number of areas in which these could be further strengthened.
The arrangements also make provision for the appointment by Council of at least one Independent Person, whose views must be sought by the Council before it takes a decision on any allegation which it has decided should be investigated.
The current Independent Persons have notified the Interim Monitoring Officer that they will be stepping down at the end of their term in December 2024. This report sets out the process for recruitment for two new Independent Persons.
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DATE OF NEXT MEETING
The next meeting of the Audit and Governance Committee will be on 20 November 2024. Additional documents: |