Agenda

Lewes District Council Audit and Standards Committee - Monday, 20th March, 2023 10.00 am

Venue: Ditchling and Telscombe Rooms, Southover House, Southover Road, Lewes, BN7 1AB.

Contact: Committee Services on 01273 471600.

Items
No.	Item
1.	Minutes PDF 95 KB To confirm and sign the minutes of the previous meeting held on 16 January 2023 (attached herewith).
2.	Apologies for absence/declaration of substitute members
3.	Declarations of interest Disclosure by councillors of personal interests in matters on the agenda, the nature of any interest and whether the councillor regards the interest as prejudicial under the terms of the Code of Conduct.
4.	Urgent items Items not on the agenda which the Chair of the meeting is of the opinion should be considered as a matter of urgency by reason of special circumstances as defined in Section 100B(4)(b) of the Local Government Act 1972.
4a	The External Auditor’s (Deloitte) progress report on the draft 2019/20 Statement of Accounts PDF 128 KB Report of Director of Finance and Performance Additional documents: Appendix A - The Lewes District Council update report to the Audit and Standard Committee on the 2019/20 Statement of Accounts audit status , item 4a PDF 797 KB
5.	Written questions from councillors To deal with written questions from councillors pursuant to Council Procedure Rule 12.3 (page D8 of the Constitution).
6.	External Audit progress Verbal update by Deputy Chief Finance Officer
7.	Treasury Management PDF 537 KB Report of Director of Finance and Performance Additional documents: Appendix A - LDC Q3 Capital Programme , item 7. PDF 223 KB Appendix B - Detailed Link’s economic commentary , item 7. PDF 108 KB Appendix C - Glossary - Local Authority Treasury Management Terms , item 7. PDF 86 KB
8.	Draft Internal Audit Plan for 2023/24 PDF 138 KB Report of Chief Internal Auditor Additional documents: Appendix A - Calculation of audit resources for the draft plan , item 8. PDF 101 KB Appendix B - Draft Audit Plan for 2023/2024 , item 8. PDF 107 KB
9.	Internal Audit and Counter Fraud report for the three quarters of the financial year 2022-2023 - 1st April 2022 to 31st December 2022 PDF 151 KB Report of Chief Internal Auditor Additional documents: Appendix A - List of reports issued during the year , item 9. PDF 86 KB Appendix B - Position of audits requiring follow up , item 9. PDF 78 KB Appendix C - Recommendations outstanding after follow-ups , item 9. PDF 192 KB Appendix D - Counter Fraud savings , item 9. PDF 58 KB
10.	Strategic Risk Register Quarterly Review PDF 113 KB Report of Chief Internal Auditor Additional documents: Appendix A - Strategic Risk Register , item 10. PDF 156 KB
11.	Date of next meeting To note that the next meeting of the Audit and Standards Committee which is scheduled to commence at 10:00am on Monday, 3 July 2023, will take place at a location to be confirmed (TBC).