Audit Committee

Thursday, 28 March 2024

10.00 am Council Chamber, 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.	Internal Audit Progress Report - Quarter 3 (01/10/23 - 31/12/23) (Pages 9 - 28) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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6.	Internal Audit Strategy and 2024/25 Annual Audit Plan (Pages 29 - 54) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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7.	External Audit - 2021/22 and 2022/23 Audit Update (Pages 55 - 108) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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8.	External Audit Plan 2023/24 (Pages 109 - 138) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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9.	External Audit Plan for the East Sussex Pension Fund 2023/24 (Pages 139 - 164) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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10.	Strategic Risk Monitoring - Quarter 3 2023/24 (Pages 165 - 176) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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11.	Audit Committee Self-Assessment (Pages 177 - 192) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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12.	Work programme (Pages 193 - 196)

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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                                                                                                           20 March 2024

Contact Sophie Webb, Interim Senior Governance and Democracy Officer,

01273 337495

Email: sophie.webb@eastsussex.gov.uk

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