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 6 of the meeting held on 14 July 2020, Jackie Yates, Executive Director of Resources, presented a report setting out, at Appendix 1, the Implementation of Audit Recommendations tracker report.  An update on progress with the implementation of Internal Audit Recommendations in relation to Adult Social Care Financial Assessments (lines 97 & 98 of January 2020 tracker) were also included at Appendix 2, at the request of the Committee.

The report explained that each recommendation was marked with a percentage complete which correlated to a red/amber/green rating (up to 25% complete: red, between 26% and 75%: amber, over 75% complete: green).  Any recommendations that were less than 50% complete but had exceeded their agreed completion date were also marked red. 

In the tracker report at Appendix 1 there were 122 high and medium risk recommendations from Internal Audit, of which 50 (41%) were currently green, 48 (39%) were amber and 24 (20%) were red.  Twenty-six recommendations had now been completed and would be removed from the next report. 

In relation to the Internal Audit Recommendations 15 & 16, Mike Graham, Assistant Director of Legal & Democratic Services, reported that he would be chairing the Information Governance Board, which would be overseeing the implementation of the action required.  The Committee requested a progress report on the work of the Board to the next meeting.

Resolved:    

(1)           That the high and medium risk Internal Audit recommendations and the responses to those risks be noted as set out in Appendix 1 to the report;

(2)           That, in respect of Internal Audit Recommendations 15 and 16, which were aimed at improving the Council’s information governance management arrangements, a report be submitted to the next meeting on 28 January 2021 on the Information Governance Board’s work to develop an action plan to address the deficiencies in this area that had been identified.