Agenda

Governance and Audit Committee - Tuesday, 20th May, 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Multi-Location Meeting - Council Chamber, Port Talbot & Microsoft Teams. View directions

Contact: Naidine Jones Email: n.s.jones@npt.gov.uk

Items
No.	Item
	PART 1
1.	Appointment of Chair and Vice Chair for the Civic Year 2025/2026
2.	Chairperson's Announcement/s
3.	Declarations of Interest
4.	Minutes of Previous Meeting PDF 223 KB
5.	Forward Work Programme PDF 419 KB
6.	Audit Wales NPT Financial Sustainability and Local Government Sustainability Reports PDF 361 KB Additional documents: 4459A2024_NPT Financial Sustainability_final 2023-24 FINAL , item 6. PDF 813 KB Financial_sustainability_of_local_government , item 6. PDF 3 MB
7.	Audit Wales - Programme & Timetable - Quarter 4 Update January to March 2025 PDF 296 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Audit Wales Qtr 4 Update , item 7. PDF 198 KB
8.	Audit Wales Audit Plan 2025 PDF 370 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Audit Wales Audit Plan - NPT 2025 , item 8. PDF 973 KB
9.	Audit Wales Annual Summary 2024 PDF 377 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 - Annual Audit Summary 2024 - NPT Council , item 9. PDF 204 KB
10.	Register of Regulators Reports & Recommendations PDF 394 KB Additional documents: Register of Regulators Reports & Recommendations , item 10. PDF 548 KB
11.	Draft Internal Audit Annual Plan 25/26 PDF 596 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1A Chargeable Days 2025-26 , item 11. PDF 185 KB Appendix 1B Non Chargeable Days 2025-26 , item 11. PDF 109 KB Appendix 1C Reserve Audit List 2025-26 , item 11. PDF 120 KB Appendix 1D Audit Opportunities 2026-27 , item 11. PDF 109 KB
12.	Draft Internal Audit Charter (including Mandate) 25/26 and Internal Audit Strategy 25/26 PDF 591 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Draft Internal Audit Charter 2526 , item 12. PDF 635 KB Appendix 2 Draft Internal Audit Strategy 2526 , item 12. PDF 589 KB
13.	Internal Audit Update Report 2024/25 PDF 598 KB Additional documents: Appendix 1 Issued reports Feb 2025 to year-end , item 13. PDF 515 KB Appendix 2 IA Plan 2425 position at year-end , item 13. PDF 563 KB
14.	Urgent Items Any urgent items at the discretion of the Chairperson pursuant to Section 100BA(6)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended).
	PART 2
15.	Access to Meetings That pursuant to Section 100A(4) and (5) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded for the following items of business which involved the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 12 and 15 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the above Act.
16.	Special investigations Update report View the reasons why item 16. is restricted