Meeting Details

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion of, or voting on, any matter, in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest, and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

Members are asked to recieve any questions, statements or petitions, of which notice has been received, from membes of the public.

Members are asked to agree the minutes, attached marked 4, of the Standards, Audit and Performance Committee meeting, held on 27 April 2023, and that they be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

This paper, attached marked 5a, sets out an overview of the planned scope and timing of the external audit , as required by International Standard on Auditing (UK & Ireland) 260.9/20.

This report, attached marked 5b, contributes towards the effective two-way communication between external auditors and the Standards, Audit and Performance Management Committee, as 'those charged with governance'.  The report covers some important areas of the auditor risk assessment, where external audit is required to make inquiries of the Committee under auditing standards.

This report, attached marked 6, provides the Committee with the overall results in terms of meeting Internal Audit's objectives as set out in the internal audit plan for 2022/23; an audit opinion and commentary on the overall adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control environment; and a copy of the curretnt internal audit charter.

The purpose of this report, attached marked 7, is twofold: it sets out the draft Annual Governance Statement (AGS) for 2022/23 and the AGS Improvement Plan 2023/24 to be included in the Fire Authority's Statement of Accounts.  It also reports on the closedown of activities contained within the 2022/23 Improvement Plan.

This report, attached marked 8, updates Members on the status of risks on the Corporate Risk Register.

This report, attached marked 10, advises Members of summary details regarding the compliments and complaints recieved during 2022/23, with comparisons to the previous three years.