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• Outcomes and Recommendations Following the Review of Procurement

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations resulting from the review of the procurement function at Lancashire County Council.

• Minutes of the Meeting held on 14 October 2024

  Recommendations Approved

  The Audit, Risk and Governance Committee of Lancashire Council approved the Internal Audit Charter on 14 October 2024. The committee also noted the Internal Audit Progress Report and thanked the Internal Audit Service for their work.

• External Audit: Interim Auditor's Annual Report 2023/24

  Recommendations Approved

  The Audit, Risk and Governance Committee of Lancashire Council approved recommendations on 27/01/2025. The committee considered the interim Auditor's Annual Report 2023/24. The report found no significant weaknesses in the council's arrangements for securing economy, efficiency, and effectiveness in its use of resources.

• Treasury Management Strategy 2025/26

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations within the Treasury Management Strategy for 2025/26.

• External Audit: Lancashire County Council Audit Findings Report 2023/24

  Recommendations Approved

  The Audit, Risk and Governance Committee of Lancashire Council approved the recommendations in the External Audit: Lancashire County Council Audit Findings Report 2023/24 on 27 January 2025. The report detailed findings on the audit of the annual accounts and value for money arrangements. The audit opinion on the financial statements was unmodified.

• External Audit: Lancashire County Pension Fund Audit Findings Report 2023/24

  Recommendations Approved

  The Audit, Risk and Governance Committee of Lancashire Council approved the recommendations in the External Audit: Lancashire County Pension Fund Audit Findings Report 2023/24 on 27 January 2025. The report detailed findings from the external auditor regarding the pension fund's financial statements for the year ending 31 March 2024. The committee noted £49.8m of unadjusted differences in investment valuations, which management proposed not to amend due to immateriality.

• Appendix C to Item 15 - Corporate Risk and Opportunity Register - Quarterly Update

  Recommendations Approved

• Financial Crime, Investigations and Whistleblowing Update Report

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations outlined in the Financial Crime, Investigations and Whistleblowing Update Report, which details the council's crime landscape, investigations, whistleblowing complaints, and anti-financial crime work.

• The Council's Statement of Accounts for 2023/24 and Letters of Representation

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations regarding the Council's Statement of Accounts for 2023/24 and Letters of Representation.

• Cyber Security Update

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations regarding the progress update on cyber security improvements across the organization, noting the reduction in risk rating from Red to Amber following a cyber-attack in July 2024.

• Code of Member Conduct - Annual Report of Complaints

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations presented in the 2024 annual report of complaints regarding the Code of Member Conduct for county councillors.

• Local Government Association - Improvement and Assurance Framework for Local Government

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations related to the Local Government Association's Improvement and Assurance Framework for Lancashire.

• Update on the Overpayment of Salaries

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve recommendations regarding updates on salary overpayments and steps to reduce recoverable amounts.

• Code of Practice on Good Governance for Local Authority Statutory Officers

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations related to the Solace, CIPFA, and LLG Code of Practice on Good Governance for Local Authority Statutory Officers, based on an assessment of the County Council's current assurance levels.

• Treasury Management Activity 2024/25

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations regarding the Treasury Management Activity for April to November 2024.

• Exclusion of Press and Public

  Recommendations Approved

• Internal Audit Progress Report

  Recommendations Approved

  ...recommendations were approved following consideration of the internal audit progress report and outcomes of the work completed by the Audit Service since the last committee meeting, including key findings, issues of concern, and actions being taken as a result of internal audit work.

• Corporate Risk and Opportunity Register - Quarterly Update

  Recommendations Approved

  ...to approve the recommendations regarding the updated Corporate Risk and Opportunity Register, which reflects the council's current operating environment and assures robust and effective risk management arrangements.

Attendees

County Alan Schofield  Conservative

Councillor County Councillor John R Singleton JP Conservative · Fylde West

County Noordad Aziz  Labour and Co-operative Party

County Julia Berry  Labour and Co-operative Party

County Jeff Couperthwaite  Conservative

County Charles Edwards  Conservative

County Alan Whittaker  Labour

County Matthew Maxwell-Scott  Conservative

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