Issue - meetings

The Chief Internal Auditor, S Marsh, presented the Annual Governance Statement for 2022/23.

The Committee were reminded that the Council’s Statutory Statement of Accounts had to be prepared in accordance with the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015. Within the Regulations, and in accordance with defined ‘proper practice’, there was a mandatory requirement to publish an Annual Governance Statement (AGS). The production of an AGS enabled the Council to use the review process positively and

proactively to deliver assurance about governance arrangements within the Council to

stakeholders, and to develop better arrangements where the review found areas in need of improvement. The process involved a comparison of achievements against the principles set out in the Council’s Local Code of Governance and supported an intention and commitment to provide good governance. S Marsh highlighted the table within the report that outlined the seven areas for improvement or monitoring during 2023/24.

            Resolved:

            (1)        That the draft Annual Governance Statement for 2022/23 be agreed.