Audit Committee

Friday, 4 July 2025

10.00 am Council Chamber, County Hall, Lewes

MEMBERSHIP -

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

A G E N D A

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1.	Minutes of the previous meeting (Pages 3 - 6)

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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.	Assessment of the Corporate Governance Framework and Annual Governance Statement for 2024/25 (Pages 7 - 58) Report by the Deputy Chief Executive

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6.	Internal Audit Annual Report and Opinion 2024/25 (Pages 59 - 80) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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7.	Counter Fraud Annual Report 2024/25 (Pages 81 - 90) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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8.	Audit Committee Oracle Subgroup Update (Pages 91 - 94) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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9.	Strategic Risk Monitoring - Quarter 4 2024/25 (Pages 95 - 116) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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10.	Audit Committee: Annual Report 2024/25 (Pages 117 - 128) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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11.	Work programme (Pages 129 - 134)

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12.	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                                                                                                             26 June 2025

Contact Sophie Webb, Governance and Democracy Manager,

01273 337495

Email: sophie.webb@eastsussex.gov.uk

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