22 April 2021

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion 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 agree the minutes, attached marked 4, of the Standards, Audit and Performance Committee meeting, held on 3 December 2020, and that they be signed by the Chair as a correct record.

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4 - Standards, Audit and Performance Committee Minutes 3 December 2020	163.94 KB

This report, attached marked 6, asks Members to review the Role Descriptions for the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Standards, Audit and Performance Committee, the Member Champion for Risk Management and Audit and the Fire Authority’s Independent Person.

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6 - Review of Member Role Descriptions	139.11 KB

This report, attached marked 7a, gives the Committee an opportunity to make comment on the draft Code of Corporate Governance 2020/21, prior to it going forward to the full Fire Authority for consideration and formal adoption.

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7a - Code of Corporate Governance 2020/21	398.38 KB

This report, attached marked 8b, 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.

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8b - Informing the Audit Risk Assessment	3.81 MB

This report, attached marked 10, requests the Committee to recommend that the Fire Authority re-affirm the Anti-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Strategy following the annual review conducted by officers.

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10 - Review of Anti-Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Strategy	177.34 KB

This report, attached marked 12, updates Members on the status of risks on the Corporate Risk Register.

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12 - Corporate Risk Management Summary	206.7 KB

This report, attached marked 13a, presents the Corporate Performance Indicators for 2021/22 as agreed by the Strategy and Resources Committee at its meeting on 18 March 2021.

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13a - Corporate Performance Indicators 2021/22	227.67 KB

Whilst not a legal requirement, it is good practice for Members to receive regular updates on Code of Conduct complaints, even if there have been none.  Officers are pleased to report that, during the period 2020/21, the Fire Authority has received no complaints that any of its Members has breached its Code of Conduct.

This report, attached marked 15, updates the Committee on Member development activity over the past year and proposes training and development activity for the year April 2021 to March 2022.

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15 - Member Development 2020/21 and 2021/22	89.05 KB

Members have a discretion to exclude the press and public from meetings of the Fire Authority in defined circumstances.  In view of the nature of business to be transacted, it is recommended that under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, having been satisfied in all the circumstances of the case that the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing this information, that Members formally resolve that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.