Agenda

 

 

Contact Officer: Darius Zarazel, Democratic Services Officer

Tel: 07917 088376

 

E-mail: Darius.Zarazel@southandvale.gov.uk

Date: 22 September 2023

Website: www.southoxon.gov.uk  www.whitehorsedc.gov.uk

 

 

 

A MEETING OF THE

Joint Audit and Governance Committee

 

WILL BE HELD ON Tuesday 3 October 2023  at 7.00 pm

 

Meeting Room 1, Abbey House, Abbey Close, Abingdon, OX14 3JE

 

To watch this virtual meeting, follow this link to the council’s YouTube channel

 

Members of the Committee:

South Oxfordshire District Council

Mocky Khan (Co-Chair)

Peter Dragonetti

Leigh Rawlins

Tony Worgan

Vale of White Horse District Council

Emily Smith (Co-Chair)

Oliver Forder

Judy Roberts

Andrew Skinner

Preferred Substitutes:

South Oxfordshire District Council

James Barlow

David Bretherton

Sam Casey-Rerhaye

Katharine Keats-Rohan

Axel Macdonald

Denise Macdonald

Jo Robb

David Turner

Vale of White Horse District Council

Andy Cooke

Eric de la Harpe

Jenny Hannaby

Mike Pighills

 

Alternative formats of this publication are available on request.  These include large print, Braille, audio, email and easy read. For this or any other special requirements (such as access facilities) please contact the officer named on this agenda.  Please give as much notice as possible before the meeting.

 

Patrick Arran

Head of Legal and Democratic

 

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Apologies for absence 

 

To record apologies for absence and the attendance of substitute members. 

 

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2

Minutes  (Pages 4 - 10)

 

To adopt and sign as a correct record the Joint Audit and Governance Committee minutes of the meeting held on 4 July 2023. 

 

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3

Declarations of interest 

 

To receive any declarations of disclosable pecuniary interests and any conflicts of interest in respect of items on the agenda for this meeting.  

 

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4

Urgent business and chair's announcements 

 

To receive notification of any matters which the chair determines should be considered as urgent business and the special circumstances which have made the matters urgent, and to receive any announcements from the chair. 

 

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Public participation 

 

To receive any questions or statements from members of the public that have registered to speak. 

 

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6

Local audit update  (Pages 11 - 24)

 

To receive the report from the Head of Finance.

 

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7

Information security audit 

 

To receive an update from the Internal Audit and Risk Manager on the management actions from the Information Security 2022/23 audit.

 

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8

Internal audit update report - Q2 2023/24  (Pages 25 - 80)

 

To receive the report from the Internal Audit and Risk Manager.

 

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9

Annual complaints report  (Pages 81 - 105)

 

To receive the report from the Head of Corporate Services.

 

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10

Review of terms of reference for appointment of independent person  (Pages 106 - 108)

 

To receive the report from the Head of Legal and Democratic.

 

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Corporate risk review  (Pages 109 - 127)

 

To receive the report from the Head of Finance.

 

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12

Treasury management outturn report - 2022/23  (Pages 128 - 148)

 

To receive a report from the Head of Finance.

 

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13

Work programme  (Pages 149 - 156)

 

To review the committee work programme.

 

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