Issue - meetings

9.1          The Committee considered a report seeking approval of the Internal Audit Strategy
and Plan for Pensions for 2020/21.

9.2          The Committee RESOLVED to approve the East Sussex Local Government Pension Scheme Internal Audit Strategy and Plan 2020/21, attached as Appendix 1.

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12.1.      The Board considered a report setting out the Internal Audit Strategy for the ESPF.

12.2.      DP said that strategy looked good but was missing a plan for how it would be implemented.

12.3.      NC explained that COVID-19 had somewhat disrupted Internal Audit’s resources and timetable, but the team would produce a plan and send it to the Board.

12.4.      The Chair asked for confirmation that Internal Audit would focus on major issues identified last year and whether Internal Audit actions were being embedded by management.

12.5.      Danny Simpson (DS) confirmed that the first step of the plan would be to revisit the work of the previous audits to ensure actions had been satisfactorily resolved.

12.6.      The Board RESOLVED to:

1) endorse East Sussex Local Government Pension Scheme Internal Audit Strategy and Plan 2020/21 subject to the inclusion of a plan to deliver the strategy during 20/21; and

2) request that the plan is circulated to the Board for information.