Issue - meetings

That the report be noted.

Officers provided an overview to the circulated report.

Members asked for a fuller response in the future with regards to the letters.

Officers thanked members for feedback and assured members that there will be more information and detail within the template to provide context to the committee, which will include - original audit report date, assurance rating, number of recommendations raised and the post audit review dates.

Officers mentioned there has been sick leave in the team and will ensure that they have an update on audit resourcing within the committee pack. The team has delivered a strong level of plan delivery to date.

Members asked in relation to mandatory training engineering services, it has raised from 33% to 73.4%, but still a lot of staff haven’t had mandatory training. Officers explained the audit plan had a spot check approach per directorate, to look at this area to assess the completion rate for specific teams, they are being reviewed and managed by relevant senior management teams for progression and to achieve the completion rate.