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

Jackie Yates, Deputy Chief Executive, presented 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 (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. 

The tracker report now had 61 high and medium risk recommendations from Internal Audit, of which 12 (20%) were currently green, 32 (52%) were amber and 6 (10%) were red.  Eleven recommendations had now been completed and would be removed from the next report. 

The Committee considered the format of the information being provided in the audit tracker.  The Chair encouraged members to put forward any suggestions to improve the presentation of the data, especially to make the information clearer with respect to compliance with audit recommendations.  Generally, the tracker had raised the profile of Internal Audit’s recommendations and had created a mechanism to hold the responsible officers accountable for their implementation.  The Committee had the discretion to invite officers to its meetings to provide an update on progress towards compliance with those recommendations.

Resolved:     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.