Mr Paul Rock, Head of Internal Audit, Fraud and Risk presented the Internal Audit Charter report and said the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards required him to set out the purpose, authority and responsibility of the internal audit activity that had been undertaken. Mr Rock said this was a key document which had been reviewed and which remained fit for purpose, other than a few typo’s that had been pointed out to him. He asked the Committee to review and approve the updated internal audit charter.

In response to questions and comments from members the following was noted:

• Councillor Wood commented that further to a letter written to the former Corporate Director for Resources, in 2017 it was positive to see senior officers from the Corporate Leadership Team, the Mayor and the Chief Executive attend Audit Committee meetings.
• Mr Tuckley said he would continue to attend future meetings of the Committee, when invited to do so.

The Audit Committee RESOVLED to:

1. Review and approve the Internal Audit Charter.