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Meeting Details

Meeting Summary
Audit Committee
20 Sep 2016 - 11:00 to 12:00
Occurred
Council Chambers
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  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests

Documents

Agenda

Welcome Introduction And Apologies
Order Of Business
Including notice of new business submitted as urgent for consideration at the end of the meeting.
Declaration Of Interest
Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest.
Minutes Of Previous Meeting
4.1 pdf Minutes of 21 June 2016 submitted for approval (107Kb)
Public Reports
5.1 pdf Annual Report to Elected Members and the Controller of Audit for the financial year ended 31 March 2016 - Report by External Auditors (8938Kb)
5.2 pdf Letter of Representation to Grant Thornton - Financial Statements to 31.03.2016 (133Kb)
5.3 pdf Midlothian Council - Introduction to EY (293Kb)
5.4 Risk Management - Report by Risk Manager (To Follow)
5.5 pdf Annual Governance Statement - Report by Chief Executive (63Kb)
5.6 pdf Internal Audit Report - Self-Directed Support - Report by Internal Audit Manager (180Kb)
5.7 pdf Internal Audit Report - Transformation Programme Follow-up Review - Report by Internal Audit Manager (181Kb)
5.8 pdf Internal Audit Report - Review of Controls Operating Over Petty Cash, Follow-up Review - Report by Internal Audit Manager (194Kb)
THE COMMITTEE IS INVITED (A) TO CONSIDER RESOLVING TO DEAL WITH THE UNDERNOTED BUSINESS IN PRIVATE IN TERMS OF PARAGRAPH 1, 6, 9 and OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973 - THE RELEVANT REPORT IS THEREFORE NOT FOR PUBLICATION; AND (B) TO NOTE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SUCH RESOLUTION, INFORMATION MAY STILL REQUIRE TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004.
Private Reports
6.1 Internal Audit Report - Review of Controls operating over Care at Home - Report by Internal Audit Manager
  • 1. Information relating to a particular employee, former employee or applicant to become an employee of, or a particular office holder, former office-holder or applicant to become an office-holder under, the authority.
  • 6. Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority).
  • 9. Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services.
  • 10. The identity of the authority (as well as of any other person, by virtue of paragraph 6 above) as the person offering any particular tender for a contract for the supply of goods or services.
The next meeting of the Audit Committee will be held on Tuesday 13 December at 11 am

Additional Meeting Documents

Attendance

Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
Councillor Derek Milligan 
Absent
NameReason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Also in attendance at the above meeting were:

Paul Dossett, Grant Thornton UK LLP
Paul Jacklin, Grant Thornton UK LLP
Steven Reid, Ernst & Young LLP
Peter Perkins, Ernst & Young LLP
Kenneth Lawrie, Chief Executive
John Blair, Director Resources
Eibhlin McHugh, John Director Health and Social Care
Gary Fairley, Head of Finance and Integrated Service Support
Chris Lawson, Risk Manager
Graham Herbert, Internal Audit Manager
Elaine Greaves, Internal Audit Manager
James Polanski, Auditor
Amber Ahmed, Auditor
Mike Broadway, Democratic Services Officer


___ Members of public expressed a desire to address the meeting.

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