Audit Committee

Friday, 28 March 2025

10.00 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

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

A G E N D A

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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 (01/10/24 - 31/12/24) (Pages 9 - 28) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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6.	2025/26 Internal Audit Strategy and Annual Audit Plan (Pages 29 - 52) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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7.	Audit Committee Oracle Subgroup Update (Pages 53 - 62) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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8.	External Audit Plan 2024/25 (Pages 63 - 124) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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9.	External Audit Plan for the East Sussex Pension Fund 2024/25 (Pages 125 - 176) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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10.	East Sussex County Council and East Sussex Pension Fund: IT Systems Audit Findings Report (Pages 177 - 194) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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11.	Strategic Risk Monitoring - Quarter 3 2024/25 (Pages 195 - 210) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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12.	Work programme (Pages 211 - 216)

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13.	Any other items previously notified under agenda item 4

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PHILIP BAKER

Deputy Chief Executive 

County Hall, St Anne’s Crescent

LEWES BN7 1UE                                                                                                           20 March 2025

Contact Sophie Webb, Senior Governance and Democracy Officer,

01273 337495

Email: sophie.webb@eastsussex.gov.uk

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