Audit & Corporate Services Review Committee 12/11/25

1. To receive apologies for absence

2. To receive any disclosures of interest by Members or Officers in respect of any item of business

3. To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on the 23 July 2025

4. To note the Action Log from the previous meeting

5. To consider the following reports:

24/25 Well-being Objectives Performance Report
The reports provide progress against Priority Projects and Indicators/ Corporate Areas of Change Actions/ Annual Governance Statement Improvement Actions for the Period Ending 30 September 2025

25/25 Action Log for External Performance Audit and Internal Audit (Ending 30 September 2025)
The report assists with monitoring of actions agreed from Audit reviews.

26/25 People Services Report
The report provides a brief update on Health & Safety incidents since the last meeting and other People Services matters that may be of interest to the Committee.

27/25 Member Support and Development Update
The report provides an overview of Member Support and Development over the last quarter.

28/25 Budget Performance Report for the 6 Months to 30 September 2025
This report presents budgetary performance information for the period to September 2025

29/25 Internal Audit Progress Report
This report provides an update of progress towards delivery of the 2025/26 Internal Audit Annual Plan, and a summary of the work undertaken to date.

6. To consider whether the public should be excluded from the meeting during the consideration of the following item due to the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 14 of Part 4 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972

7. To consider the following reports:

30/25 IT Continuity and Disaster Recovery
The report provides Members with an opportunity to discuss the IT Continuity and Disaster Recovery Report provided by Internal Audit.

31/25 Risk Management Policy – Risk Register and Risk Management Statement
The report provides Members with an opportunity to comment and discuss an updated version of the Risk Register, 2nd Line Assurance Report and the Risk Appetite Statement.

8.    To delegate any issues of concern to the Continuous Improvement Group for consideration