Audit and Risk Committee 10th March 2020

Agenda

1. Welcome and Apologies

2. Declarations of Interest

3. Minutes of meeting held on 3rd December 2019

4. Matters Arising

5. Draft Accounting Policies 2019/20

• Appendix 1 Draft Accounting Policies

Internal Audit Reports

6. Sickness Absence

• Appendix 1 Sickness Absence Audit Report

7. Agenda Item 7 – Independent Assurance Review of the Environmental Monitoring Framework Cover Paper

• Appendix 1 – Independent Assurance Review of the Environmental Monitoring Framework

8. Outstanding Actions

• Appendix 1 – Outstanding Actions
• Appendix 2 – Policy List

9. Draft Internal Audit Plan 2020/21

External Audit Reports

10.  Verbal Update

Other Reports

11. Draft Governance Statement

• Appendix 1 Draft Governance Statement

12. Audit and Risk Committee Self-Assessment checklist

• ARC Self Assessment Checklist

13. Any Other Business

13.1 Audit and Risk Committee Terms of Reference (verbal update)

14. Date of Next Meeting – Thursday 25th June 2020

Confidential

15. Minutes of Confidential discussion – 3rd December 2019

16. Matters Arising from Confidential Minutes

17. Corporate Risk Register Progress Report

17.1 Climate Crisis and Nature Emergency

18. Update on the Procurement of Internal Audit Services (Late Paper)