Audit Committee

Friday, 13 February 2026

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

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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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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 (01/10/25 - 31/12/25) (Pages 9 - 22) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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6.	East Sussex County Council's Counter Fraud and Corruption Strategy (Pages 23 - 48) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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7.	Audit Committee Oracle Subgroup Update (Pages 49 - 64) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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8.	Review of the Grant Thornton (GT) report to those charged with governance and Statement of Accounts for 2024/25 (Pages 65 - 300) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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9.	Independent Auditor's Report to those charged with governance and Annual Report 2024/25 of the East Sussex Pension Fund (Pages 301 - 358) Report by the Chief Finance Officer

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10.	Strategic Risk Monitoring - Quarter 3 2025/26 (Pages 359 - 374) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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11.	Property Services Annual Update (Pages 375 - 386) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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12.	Work programme (Pages 387 - 392)

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13.	Any other non-exempt items previously notified under agenda item 4

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14.

Exclusion of the Public and Press To consider excluding the public and press from the meeting for the remaining agenda item on the grounds that if the public and press were present there would be disclosure to them of exempt information as specified in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Local Government Act 1972 (as amended), namely information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information).

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15.	Property Disposals Update (Pages 393 - 404) Report by the Chief Operating Officer

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16.	Any other exempt 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                                                                                                         5 February 2026

Contact Grace Addison, Governance and Democracy Officer,

01273 337011

Email: grace.addison@eastsussex.gov.uk

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