Issue - meetings

Members received the findings from a review to follow up on the implementation of previously agreed management actions from 2022/23.

The 19 management actions considered in this review comprised eight 'medium', nine 'low' and two ‘improvements’. Testing had found that 12 actions had been fully implemented, three actions were in progress and one action was no longer necessary. The remaining two actions related to Supplier Resilience and had been delayed due to team restructuring and changes in approach. Overall, it had been found that reasonable progress had been made in the implementation of agreed actions.

The Executive Director of Resources & Investment confirmed that the MCA was now in the process of commissioning an asset condition survey across the estate. Although the last full survey had been completed in 2018, ad hoc surveys had been undertaken where required in the intervening period.

In response to questions, he added that the question of whether reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) had been used in any part of the estate was being investigated.

ACTION: The Executive Director of Resources & Investment to provide the findings of the investigation to discover whether RAAC had been used in the estate to the Committee.

RESOLVED that the Committee consider the findings and recommendations of the internal audit follow up review.

·       Adult Education Budget (AEB)

·       Integration

Members were updated on the final 2 reports of the 2022/23 internal audit plan.

The internal audit on the Adult Education Budget (AEB) was now complete and had received partial assurance. An additional 10 officers had since been recruited to provide additional resource to this area of work.

A review had also been undertaken on the integration of the MCA and PTE, focussing on HR. This had identified improvements which could have been made and would feed into the approach to the integration of the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner.

RESOLVED that the Committee consider the findings and recommendations of the final internal audits.

(The outgoing internal audit team left the meeting.)