Audit Committee Internal and External Reviews
Dear Newport City Council,
This is a request for all the information I am entitled to under the Freedom of Information Act. If this request is too wide or unclear, please contact me in the first instance as under section 16 of the Act, public authorities are required to advise and assist requesters. If the requested information cannot be provided within the time and cost limit for all the years specified, please narrow this down to fewer years.
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.”
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.
I understand I should receive a response within 20 working days.
Yours faithfully,
Research for Action
Dear Sir/Madam
Thank you for your request for information about :
Audit Committee Internal and External Reviews
Received on 25/09/2023
This request has been formally logged in our FOI management system and has been assigned the reference REQ11818.
You should receive a reply to your request within the statutory time limit of 20 working days.
Please remember to quote the reference number REQ11818 in any future communications.
Yours sincerely,
Information Management
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Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.
Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad
Good afternoon,
Thank you for your recent request for information which I have enclosed
below for ease of reference. Your request has been treated in accordance
with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental
Information Regulations 2004.
Your Request : REQ11818
I can confirm that we hold information that falls within the scope of your
request. The answers to your questions have been provided in Red Text
below.
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.”
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.
Whilst the undertaking of a self-assessment was previously discussed
between the former Chief Internal Auditor and former Chair of the
Governance & Audit Committee, this was not undertaken. Following the
introduction of lay persons to the Committee, including a new Chair, any
self-assessment was then further delayed, to enable a period of settling
in for the revised Committee structure.
This task is now being progressed by the current Interim Chief Internal
Auditor, however the timing and structure of such a self-assessment is yet
to be discussed and agreed with the Chair of the Governance & Audit
Committee.
I hope this provides the information you were looking for; if there is any
further information that we can provide, please submit a further request.
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Kind regards,
Jodi
Swyddog Rheoli Gwybodaeth / Information Management Officer
Pobl, Polisi a Thrawsnewid / People, Policy and Transformation
Cyngor Dinas Casnewydd / Newport City Council
Mae’r Cyngor yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu yn y ddwy
iaith. Byddwn yn cyfathrebu â chi yn ôl eich dewis. Ni fydd gohebu yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.
The Council welcomes correspondence in English or Welsh or both, and will
respond to you according to your preference. Corresponding in Welsh will
not lead to delay.
Disclaimer/Ymwadiad
This email contains information intended for the addressee only and may be
confidential, the subject of legal or professional privilege, or be
otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient
of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose,
distribute or copy the email to any other party. This email and any
attached file are the property of Newport City Council.
When you email Newport City Council, you consent to the Council monitoring
and reading any such emails for the purposes of security and legislative
compliance. For the full disclaimer please access
http://www.newport.gov.uk/disclaimer.
Mae'r e-bost hwn yn cynnwys gwybodaeth y bwriedir ar gyfer y derbynnydd yn
unig a gall fod yn gyfrinachol, yn destun ragorfraint gyfreithiol neu
broffesiynol, neu fel arall wedi’i diogelu rhag cael ei rhyddhau. Os nad
chi yw derbynnydd bwriadedig y neges hon, a fyddech cystal â rhoi gwybod
i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a pheidio â datgelu, dosbarthu neu gopïo’r e-bost i
unrhyw barti arall. Mae’r e-bost hon ac unrhyw ffeiliau atodedig yn eiddo
i Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd.
Pan fyddwch yn anfon e-bost at Gyngor Dinas Casnewydd, rydych yn cydsynio
i’r Cyngor fonitro a darllen unrhyw e-byst o’r fath at ddibenion
cydymffurfio â diogelwch ac â deddfwriaeth. I weld yr ymwadiad llawn ewch
i http://www.newport.gov.uk/ymwadiad
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