Audit & Governance Committee – work plan

Training/briefing events will be held at appropriate points in the year to support members in their role on the Committee.

Theme	Item	Lead officers	Scope
28^th February 2024
Governance	Update on the Review of the Constitution	CYC Bryn Roberts	To provide Members with an update on the review of the constitution.
Governance	Corporate Governance Report	CYC Lorraine Lunt	To provide Members with an update on corporate governance including issues.
Finance	No Purchase Order No Pay Process	CYC Debbie Mitchell
Finance	Consultation Update	CYC Debbie Mitchell
Finance / Procurement	Report on the Salvation Army's Early Intervention & Prevention contract	CYC Tracey Carter
Veritau (internal audit / counter fraud)	Consultation on the annual audit work programme	Veritau Max Thomas / Richard Smith	To seek the committee’s view on priorities for audit work in 2024/25.
Veritau (internal audit / counter fraud)	Internal audit & counter fraud progress reports	Veritau Max Thomas / Richard Smith	An update on progress made in delivering the internal audit work plan for 2023/24 and on current counter fraud activity.
22^nd May 2024
Governance	Corporate Governance Report	CYC Lorraine Lunt	To provide Members with an update on corporate governance including issues.
Governance	Updates on Member Training and the LGA recommendations	CYC Bryn Roberts / Claire Foale	To review the Council’s performance against the 10 recommendations outlined by the LGA and to report on the progress of Member training
Governance	LGA peer review recommendations	CYC Claire Foale
Governance	Member induction programme report	CYC Claire Foale / Lindsay Tomlinson	To include feedback from the Joint Standards Committee
Governance	York Open Data platform	CYC Bryn Roberts
Risk	Key Corporate Risks monitor 4	CYC Helen Malam	Update on Key Corporate Risks (KCRs)
Veritau (internal audit / counter fraud)	Annual review of the counter fraud framework	Veritau Max Thomas / Richard Smith	To present the findings of the annual review of the counter fraud framework and risk assessment, and seek comments on any updates needed to counter fraud and related policies.
Veritau (internal audit / counter fraud)	Approval of indicative annual internal audit programme and counter fraud plan	Veritau Max Thomas / Richard Smith	To seek approval for the 2024/25 internal audit work programme, and the counter fraud plan.
Veritau (internal audit / counter fraud)	Annual Head of Internal Audit Report	Veritau Max Thomas / Richard Smith
July 2024
Veritau (internal audit / counter fraud)	Audit Committee Self-Assessment	Veritau Max Thomas / Richard Smith	To set out the options for taking the self-assessment forward.
Risk	Key Corporate Risks monitor 1	CYC Helen Malam	Update on Key Corporate Risks (KCRs)
September 2024
Veritau (internal audit / counter fraud)	Audit Committee Self-Assessment	Veritau Max Thomas / Richard Smith	To share the results of the self-assessment undertaken.