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North Lanarkshire Council · 26 June 2025
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Clerk Name: Clare Louise McDonald Clerk Telephone: 07350 435308 Clerk Email: committee@northlan.gov.uk 17 June 2025 Members of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel Chief Executive’s Office Rachel Blair Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk Notice is given that a Special Meeting of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel is to be held in the Committee Room 1, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB on Thursday, 26 June 2025 at 14:00 PM which you are requested to attend. The agenda of business is attached. Rachel Blair Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Members : S Watson, P Kelly, C Costello, A Duffy-Lawson, M Hughes, J Hume, D Johnston, J Leckie, M McCulloch, J McLaren, G Robinson.
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Agenda 1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 YEAR-END ITEMS 2 Internal Audit Annual Report 2024-25 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) informing that the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards and the Council's Internal Audit Charter require the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) to provide the Audit and Scrutiny Panel, the Chief Executive and Corporate Management Team, with an annual summary of the work undertaken by Internal Audit, and to provide an annual independent opinion on the Council's corporate governance, risk management and internal control arrangements. 5 - 20 3 Strategic Governance Framework - Annual Review and Refresh Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategy and Engagement) regarding the annual review which has been undertaken to refresh the Strategic Governance Framework and to ensure each of the elements and mechanisms listed within the report are up-to-date, and on a review programme to be updated at an appropriate interval and reported to the relevant Committee. 21 - 76 4 Annual Governance Statement 2024-25 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Strategy and Engagement) providing the Panel with a copy of the Annual Governance Statement for consideration. 77 - 108 5 Unaudited Annual Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2025 Submit report by Chief Officer (Finance and Technology) (copy to follow)