Meeting Details

Item no. Agenda Item Details Status
01 Apologies for Absence
02 Declarations of Interest
Members are reminded that they should declare any personal and/or prejudicial interests at this point and that they should leave the meeting before any item, in which they have a prejudicial interest, is discussed.
03 Minutes
Members are asked to agree the minutes of the meeting of the Audit and Performance Management Committee, held on 22 November 2007, and that they be signed as a correct record.
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04 Public Questions
To receive any questions, statements or petitions, of which notice has been received, from members of the public.
05 Audit Commission
Mr Corcoran and Ms Wong from the Audit Commission will attend to present the following reports:
05a Annual Audit and Inspection Letter 2006/07
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06 Performance Assessment – Key Performance Indicators
This report informs Members of predicted performance assessment scores based on the current performance of the Key Performance Indicators.
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07 Performance against Best Value Performance Indicators April 2007 to September 2007
This report informs Members of the Brigade’s performance against nationally prescribed Best Value Performance Indicators for the period 1 April to 31 December 2007.
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08 Retained Duty System Performance Monitoring
This report provides information regarding the ongoing performance of the Retained Duty System in Shropshire.
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09 Quarterly Summary of Progress within the Improvement Priorities Programme 2007/08
The purpose of this report is to advise Members of progress within the Improvement Priorities Programme for quarter 3, October to December 2007. The information is collated from the Project Managers and this report represents the progress made within each of the nine improvement priorities identified during the strategic planning process earlier in the year.
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10 Statement on Internal Control : Improvement Plan 2007/08 Closure Report
This report informs Members that the Fire Authority’s current ‘Statement on Internal Control (SIC) Improvement Plan’ is being brought to a close, providing a summary of the improvements that have been made to the Authority’s control systems as a consequence. It also highlights the need for those pieces of work that remain uncompleted to be included in the new Improvement Plan that will be created as a result of the Statement on Accounts in June 2008.
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11 Internal Audit 2007/08
This report sets out progress to date with the current year’s Internal Audit programme. It also seeks approval to a process for handling specific audit recommendations.
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12 Audit Committee Training
Discussions are to take place on 6 March 2008 with County Council officers regarding Audit Committee training, which they may be able to provide for the Fire Authority's Audit and Performance Management Committee. Officers will provide a verbal update on progress at the meeting. For decision