Agenda

To receive apologies and to be notified of the attendance of substitutes.

Members are requested to declare the existence and nature of any disclosable pecuniary interest and/or other interest in any item on the agenda.

The Committee is asked to confirm as a correct record the minutes of the meeting held on 28 November 2022

To approve the letter of representation and the process for the approval of the Statement of Accounts for 2021/22 and to receive the Audit Completion Report from the Council’s external auditors following their work on these accounts.

The letter of representation, Statement of Accounts and Audit Completion Report are circulated separately with this agenda.

To provide Members with any updates made to the Council’s accounting policies in relation to the production of the 2022/23 financial statements.

To provide Members with information regarding the assumptions made by the pension fund actuary in calculating the IAS19 figures to be reported in the 2022/23 Statement of Accounts.

To approve the Internal Audit Plan for 2023/24.

To inform the Committee of the recent work completed by Internal Audit.

To approve the amendments to the Strategic Risk Register and the action plans identified to mitigate risks.

To consider items for inclusion in the Work Programme for future meetings.