Issue - meetings

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

The report sets out the progress made by internal audit against the approved 2015/16 internal audit plan for the period 1st December 2015 to 28th February 2016.

Audit Committee is asked to note the report.

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 progress made by internal audit against the approved 2015/16 internal audit plan for the period 1st December 2015 to 28th February 2016.

The following comments were made/ issues raised:-

·         Assurances were sought and provided that appropriate measures were in place to remove access to system by members of the staff once they left the employment of the authority.

·         Concerns were expressed about the increasing need for debt recovery and questions were asked about root causes. In response it was stated that departments were being empowered and encouraged to seek resolution to payment issues themselves.

·         The danger of mobile technology being stolen from cars, by mobile workers was highlighted.

RESOLVED – That the report be noted.