Agenda

Audit Committee - Tuesday 11 March 2025 2.00 p.m.

Venue: Town Hall, Moorgate Street, Rotherham S60 2TH

Contact: Dawn Mitchell, Governance Advisor

Items
No.	Item
1.	Apologies for Absence
2.	Declarations of Interest To receive declarations of interest from Members in respect of items listed on the agenda.
3.	Questions from Members of the Public or the Press To receive questions relating to items of business on the agenda from members of the public or press who are present at the meeting.
4.	Exclusion of the Press and Public To determine whether the following items should be considered under the categories suggested in accordance with Part 1 of Schedule 12A (as amended 2006) of the Local Government Act 1972. Under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for:- Agenda Item 12 (External Quality Assessment of Internal Audit against the Global Internal Audit Standards (UK Public Sector) – Appendix) on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)). Agenda Item 13 (Children and Young People’s Services Strategic Risk Register – Appendix 1) on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 3 of Part I of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)).
5.	Minutes of the previous meeting held on 14th January, 2025 PDF 133 KB To consider and approve the minutes of the previous meeting held on 14^th January, 2025, as a true and correct record of the proceedings.
6.	Hand-Arm Vibration Update PDF 169 KB
7.	Update on implementation of changes in Procurement Legislation PDF 230 KB
8.	Treasury Management Quarterly Update and Treasury Management Strategy PDF 509 KB
9.	Internal Audit Progress Report PDF 197 KB Additional documents: Internal Audit Progress Report Appendices , item 9. PDF 318 KB
10.	Internal Audit Annual Plan 2025-26 PDF 197 KB Additional documents: Internal Audit Plan 2025-26 Appendix 1 , item 10. PDF 215 KB
11.	Internal Audit Charter, Internal Audit Quality Assurance and Improvement Programme and Self Assessment against Public Sector Internal Audit Standards (PSIAS) and the Global Internal Audit Standards PDF 213 KB Additional documents: QAIP 2025-26 App A , item 11. PDF 146 KB QAIP 2025-26 tracked App B , item 11. PDF 151 KB QAIP 2025-26 App C , item 11. PDF 151 KB QAIP 2025-26 App D , item 11. PDF 221 KB QAIP 2025-26 App E , item 11. PDF 269 KB
12.	External Quality Assessment of Internal Audit against the Global Internal Audit Standards (UK Public Sector) PDF 224 KB Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 17 View the reasons why document 12./2 is restricted
13.	Risk Management Directorate Presentation - Children and Young People's Services PDF 252 KB Additional documents: Restricted enclosure 19 View the reasons why document 13./2 is restricted
14.	Audit Committee Forward Work Plan PDF 194 KB
15.	Items for Referral for Scrutiny To consider the referral of matters for consideration by the Overview and Scrutiny Management Board.
16.	Urgent Business To consider any item which the Chair is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency.
17.	Dates and times of Future Meetings Meetings of the Audit Committee will be held as follows:- Tuesday, 17^th June, 2025 29^th July Thursday, 25^th September Tuesday, 25^th November 13^th January,2026 17^th March commencing at 2.00 p.m. in Rotherham Town Hall.