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Dear Adur District Council,

CIPFA Guidance on Local Authority Audit Committees states that “Recommended practice is for audit committees to review and assess themselves annually or to seek an external review.”

We realise that the committee with audit related responsibilities are not always called ‘Audit Committee’. Please can you confirm what the title of this committee is within your local authority and answer the following questions in relation to that committee.

a) Internal Annual Review of Audit Committee
For each of the last five financial years please provide me with a copy of the audit committee’s annual review of its work. Please state the date the review was published and how it was made public at the time.

b) External Review of Audit Committee
Please confirm the most recent date that an external review of the audit committee was sought, who undertook that review, when and where it was published and provide a copy of the review.

Yours faithfully,
Megan Waugh
Research for Action

Adur & Worthing Councils,

Dear Megan Waugh,

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Dear Megan Waugh,

Thank you for your request for information (ref 21853755) sent to Adur &
Worthing Councils on 12th December 2023.

Your request has been considered and our response is below. Alternatively,
view your request and response
at: [1]https://adur-worthing-hr.onmats.com/w/we...

Request:
CIPFA Guidance on Local Authority Audit Committees states that
“Recommended practice is for audit committees to review and assess
themselves annually or to seek an external review.”

We realise that the committee with audit related responsibilities are not
always called ‘Audit Committee’. Please can you confirm what the title of
this committee is within your local authority and answer the following
questions in relation to that committee.

a) Internal Annual Review of Audit Committee
For each of the last five financial years please provide me with a copy of
the audit committee’s annual review of its work. Please state the date the
review was published and how it was made public at the time.

b) External Review of Audit Committee
Please confirm the most recent date that an external review of the audit
committee was sought, who undertook that review, when and where it was
published and provide a copy of the review.

Response:

We hope this is sufficient for your purposes.
 

Review procedure
If you are not satisfied with the response to your request for information
you have the right to an internal review. Details can be found on
[2]www.adur-worthing.gov.uk/foi

Your request for internal review should be submitted to us within three
(3) months of receipt by you of this response. Any such request received
after this time will only be considered at the discretion of the Council.

If having exhausted the review process you are not content that your
request or review has been dealt with correctly, you have a further right
to appeal to the Information commissioner’s Office (ICO), details of which
can be found here: [3]www.ico.org.uk/concerns

Yours sincerely
Information Governance Team
Adur & Worthing Councils

For Freedom of Information (FOI) and Environmental Information Regulations
(EIR):
Email: [Adur District Council request email]

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