Issue - meetings

Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Governance, Risk and Safety

The Committee gave consideration to a report advising that the Code of Corporate Governance Action Plan 2020/21 has been reviewed and updated along with the content of the code to reflect the governance position within the Council for 2020/21.  It also noted that the review allows the Council to include a statement of governance and internal control in the Annual Accounts for 2020/21.

The Governance and Risk Manager advised that the following sentence had been inserted at section 4 of the draft statement, contained within Appendix 4 of the report ahead of it being finalised:

“This work recognises the impact of the pandemic on widening inequalities and acknowledges that longer term social and economic impacts are not yet fully understood.”

Decision

The Audit and Scrutiny Committee:-

1.    agreed to note the updates in the Action Plan for 2020/21;

2.    considered and approved the content of the Code of Corporate Governance for 2020/21;

3.    considered and approved the content of the Action Plan for 2021/22; and

4.    considered and approved the draft statement of governance and internal control for 2020/21. 

(Reference:  Report by Executive Director with responsibility for Legal and Regulatory Support, dated 15 June 2021, submitted)