Agenda item

This item was considered at the Community, Finance and Strategic Leadership Scrutiny Committee on the 18 July 2024.

The scrutiny committee was supportive of the report with no observations or comments.

Decision:

That the Annual Governance Statement 2023/2024 (attached at Appendix 1 to the circulated report) be approved.

Reason for Decision:

To ensure the Annual Governance Statement meets the requirements of Regulation 5(2) of the Accounts and Audit (Wales) Regulations 2014 in relation to an annual review of the effectiveness of the council’s systems of internal control and the preparation and approval of an Annual Governance Statement and the duty contained under the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Act 2021 to keep its performance under review.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.