Audit Committee

Tuesday, 29 March 2022

10.00 am Committee Room, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

Councillor Colin Swansborough (Chair) Councillors Gerard Fox (Vice Chair), Matthew Beaver, Nuala Geary, Stephen Holt, Matthew Milligan and Georgia Taylor

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1.	Minutes of the previous meeting (Pages 3 - 8)

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2.	Apologies for absence

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3.	Disclosures of interests Disclosures by all members present of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the member regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.

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4.

Urgent items Notification of items which the Chair considers to be urgent and proposes to take at the appropriate part of the agenda. Any members who wish to raise urgent items are asked, wherever possible, to notify the Chair before the start of the meeting. In so doing, they must state the special circumstances which they consider justify the matter being considered urgent.

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5.	External Audit Plan 2021/22 (Pages 9 - 66) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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6.	External Audit Plan for the East Sussex Pension Fund 2021/22 (Pages 67 - 90) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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7.	Auditor's Annual (VFM) Report on East Sussex County Council 2020/21 (Pages 91 - 128) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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8.	Internal Audit Progress Report - Quarter 3 2021/22 (01.10.21 - 31.12.21) (Pages 129 - 150) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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9.	Internal Audit Strategy and Plan 2022/23 (Pages 151 - 174) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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10.	Strategic Risk Monitoring - Quarter 3 2021/22 (01.10.21 - 31.12.21) (Pages 175 - 192) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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11.	Managing Back Office Systems (MBOS) Update (Pages 193 - 196) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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12.	Work programme (Pages 197 - 200)

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13.	Any other items previously notified under agenda item 4

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PHILIP BAKER

Assistant Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                           21 March 2022

Contact Simon Bailey, Democratic Services Officer,

01273 481935

Email: simon.bailey@eastsussex.gov.uk

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