Audit Committee Annual/External Reviews
Dear Ards and North Down Borough 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
Dear Ms Waugh,
Thank you for your email dated 12th December 2023 to Ards and North Down Borough Council.
We confirm your request regarding Audit Committee Annual/External Reviews will be processed as a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. You will receive the information you have requested within 20 working days of the date of receipt of your request by the Council unless the Council does not hold the information or there is a reason to withhold all, or part of the information requested. The Council will write to you in any event.
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Regards,
FOI Team
Ards and North Down Borough Council
City Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333
Dear Ms Waugh,
We refer to the above matter and write further to our acknowledgement
email of 15^th December 2023.
Your request for information has been processed by Ards and North Down
Borough Council in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and
please see the Council’s responses in red below.
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. Only one carried out, which is
attached. Available as part of Council agendas published on the Council
website
([1]https://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/imag...)
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. None carried out.
---Request end---
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Commissioner's Office (ICO) for a review of our response. Please note that
the ICO generally expects Internal Reviews to be completed prior to
reviewing the decisions of public bodies.
Regards,
FOI Team
Ards and North Down Borough Council
City Hall
The Castle
Bangor
BT20 4BT
Tel: 0300 013 3333
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