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Progress update on Annual Governance Statement Actions

Meeting: 06/03/2019 - Audit & Governance Committee (Item 18)

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Report by the Director of Law & Governance and Monitoring Officer

 

Each year the Council must approve an Annual Governance Statement and this Committee is instrumental in this. The Statement provides a description of the effectiveness of the Council’s governance framework and an Opinion as to its sufficiency. It also normally includes a set of governance actions that will form a priority for the year ahead.

 

In last year’s Annual Governance Statement, several actions were listed as priorities for 2018/19 and the Committee asked for a separate update on the outcomes from these actions before the Committee then goes on to consider, in April, the Annual Governance Statement for the forthcoming year.  As such, this report will include a brief update on the actions taken under each priority heading ahead of a final position being given in the Annual Governance Statement that the Committee will consider in May this year.

 

The Committee is RECOMMENDED to consider and note the outcomes so far on the governance actions agreed in last year’s Annual Governance Statement.

Additional documents:

Decision:

Recommendation agreed.

 

Minutes:

Nick Graham introduced the report and various officers responded to issues raised by Members as follows:

 

·         Discussions are taking place regarding the future of mental health services for working-age adults and this will be dependent on decisions on the budget for the next 3 years.

·         Training in GDPR is now mandatory for all new staff.  It is delivered through e-learning.

·         The next meeting of the Transformation Sub-Committee will be on 18 April while the Cabinet Advisory Group will meet on 21 March.  The Board meets every couple of weeks to monitor progress.

·         It was agreed to add Business Continuity as an item going forward given the critical audit report.

·         The Corporate Security issues will be delayed as they are just starting to explore the issues.  A further update will be provided.

·         Financial Management won’t be completed this year so will need to remain an action for next year.

·         A new Head of Procurement & Contract Management has been appointed, Wayne Welsby, who takes up the post in early March.

 

The final report will be in the Annual Governance Statement.

 

RESOLVED: to consider and note the outcomes so far on the governance actions agreed in last year’s Annual Governance Statement.