Issue - meetings

The Head of Shared Internal Audit presented this report on the work of Internal Audit between March 2018 to September 2018.

Agency staff

It was noted that temporary staff had been employed by Internal Audit and a recent permanent appointment had been made. There was no conflict of interest between the employment of temporary staff and the audit of agency workers.

Working with External Audit

It was noted that Internal Audit and External Audit contacted each other regularly and shared information. Part of the work of External Audit included the auditing of Internal Audit and no concerns had been raised. The Head of Shared Internal Audit agreed to consider ways in which working with External Audit could assist the auditing of accounts in future years.

The Committee NOTED the report.