To confirm the Minutes of the meeting on 1 August 2018.

The Minutes of the meeting of 1 August 2018 were confirmed as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.

This report describes the management of the equal pay claims and to give a current position on discussion, settlement of cases and future litigation.

Jackie Yates, Director of Resources, presented a report on the management of the equal pay claims and giving a current position on discussion, settlement of cases and future litigation.  The report stated that approximately 180 employees or former employees had made an equal pay claim.  This equated to approximately 258  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11.

This report provides an update on key findings emanating from Internal Audit reports issued since the last quarterly progress report in August 2018.

Paul Harrington, Chief Auditor, submitted a reportproviding an update on key findings emanating from Internal Audit reports issued since the last quarterly progress report in August 2018.

The report set out a summary of the audit reports in respect of Additional Payments; Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard; Network  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12.

This report provides an update since the last meeting in August 2018 on progress being made towards completing the audit.

Further to Minute 3 of the meeting held on 1 August 2018, the Head of Finance submitted a report providing an update on progress with the audit of the 2016/17 and 2017/18 accounts.  The Committee noted that the 2016/17 Accounts should originally have been audited and signed off by 30  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13.

This report sets out a summary of those high and medium risk Internal Audit recommendations which remain outstanding together with an updated management response.

Further to Minute 8 of the meeting held on 1 August 2018, Jackie Yates, Director of Resources, submitted a report setting out, at Appendix 1, the Implementation of Audit Recommendations tracker report.

The report explained that each recommendation was marked with a percentage complete which correlated to a red/amber/green rating  ...  view the full minutes text for item 14.

To receive an update from the External Auditors, EY.

The Committee noted that the external auditor had commented, as necessary, during consideration of the items listed above and had no further contributions to make.

Resolved –

That pursuant to Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), members of the press and public be excluded during consideration of the following item below as it was likely that there would be a disclosure of exempt information as defined in the relevant paragraphs specified  ...  view the full minutes text for item 16.

Paul Harrington, Chief Auditor, submitted a reporton the findings emanating from the audit report in respect of Additional Payments.  Additional payments covered a range of areas including acting up allowances, honoraria for undertaking a discrete project or piece of work over and above normal duties, overtime and market supplements.  ...  view the full minutes text for item 17.