Nick Sharp

Audit Committee Officer

Audit and Governance Committee - Wednesday 5th November 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Audit and Governance Committee of Newham Council scheduled a meeting to discuss a range of reports and updates, including the Best Value Response, internal audit progress, counter fraud measures, risk management, human resources, treasury management, and the annual complaints report. The committee also planned to discuss a report from EY (formerly Ernst & Young) regarding their withdrawal from the Housing Benefit Assurance Process, and a quarterly report on the Savings Delivery Programme.

Audit Committee Officer

Audit and Governance Committee - Wednesday 16th July 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Audit and Governance Committee convened to discuss a range of reports, including updates on GDPR compliance, contract waivers, internal audit findings, risk management, counter-fraud measures, and savings delivery. The committee reviewed the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) annual report, quarterly reports on contract waivers, internal audit updates, risk management, counter-fraud progress, and savings delivery, as well as the year ahead forward plan. Several action plans were criticised for lacking specificity, and officers were asked to rewrite and resubmit them with more detail.

Audit Committee

Audit Committee - Wednesday 30th April 2025 7.00 p.m.

The Audit Committee met to discuss the annual review of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), accounting policies, the annual report of the audit committee, and the year ahead forward plan. The committee approved the accounting policies for 2024/25 and noted the contents of the RIPA policy review, the audit committee annual report, and the year ahead forward plan. The committee also discussed the council's exceptional financial support (EFS) and its implications for the audit committee.

Audit Committee

Audit Committee - Wednesday 12th March 2025 7.00 p.m.

The meeting received updates from the Council's External and Internal Auditors, received details of contract waivers that were approved in the last quarter, reviewed the Savings Delivery Programme, and considered a report on financing the 2025/26 Capital Programme.

Audit Committee

Audit Committee - Wednesday 16th October 2024 7.00 p.m.

The committee noted all of the reports. They agreed to delegate authority to the Chair of the committee, Fiona Marsh, and the Section 151 Officer, Conrad Hall, to approve the 2022/23 Statement of Accounts and Annual Governance Statement once the external auditors, Ernst & Young, have completed their work.