Issue - meetings

To consider a report of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services.

The report sets out the quality assurance arrangements in place for internal audit for 2015/16 and 2016/17.

The Audit Committee is asked to note the Quality Assurance & Improvement Programme and consider and approve the proposed approach for the external assessment of internal audit.

Officer Contact: John Pearsall on Tel: 0161 474 4033 or email: john.pearsall@stockport.gov.uk.

A representative of the Corporate Director for Corporate and Support Services submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) setting out the quality assurance arrangements in place for internal audit for 2015/16 and 2016/17.

The following comments were made/issues raised:-

·         The Internal Audit team provided their services to Solutions SK through a Service Level Agreement, however the company had their own governance structure and Audit Committee which the Head of Internal Audit reported to;

·         Stockport Homes used an external firm to provide their audit function;

·         The issue of whether there was a conflict of interest in the Council’s Internal Audit service providing the audit function to Solutions SK was discussed.

RESOLVED – (1) That the report be noted.

(2) That the proposed approach for external assessment of internal audit be approved.