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North Lanarkshire Council · 4 September 2023
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24 August 2023 Members of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel Chief Executive’s Office Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell ML1 1AB www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk Notice is given that a Meeting of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel is to be held in the Committee Room 1, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB on Monday, 04 September 2023 at 13:00 PM which you are requested to attend. The agenda of business is attached. Archie Aitken Chief Officer (Legal & Democratic) Members : Clerk Name: Andrew Rose Clerk Telephone: 07951409714 Clerk Email: rosean@northlan.gov.uk S Watson, H Dunbar, H Brannan-McVey, A Duffy-Lawson, T Fisher, M Hughes, J Hume, D Johnston, J Leckie, B McCulloch, G Robinson,
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Agenda 1 Declarations of Interest In Terms of the Ethical Standards In Public Life Etc. (Scotland) Act 2000 2 Compensation for Compulsory Purchase Order Submit report by the Chief Officer (Place) providing information regarding the latest report approved at the Housing Committee on 31 August 2022, whereby it was agreed to write off historic Maintenance Order debts in order to support the case for the Compulsory Purchase Order at Millcroft Road, Cumbernauld (copy herewith) 1 - 10 3 Housing Refurbishments Submit report by the Chief Officer (Housing Management) (1) updating the Panel regarding the policy for adaptations including wet floors, and (2) addressing the concern raised by the Panel at its meeting on 16 February 2023 in relation to the installation of wet floor shower rooms for new tenants following fitting of a Capital Programme bathroom at void stage (copy herewith) 11 - 18 AUDIT-RELATED ITEMS 4(a) Debt Recovery Submit report by the Chief Officer (Finance) providing assurance that the Council has adequate, robust and effective management arrangements in place for ensuring that the management of debtors is appropriately and effectively controlled (copy herewith) 19 - 24 4(b) Equality Audit Progress Submit report by the Chief Officer (People Resources) providing the Panel with an update on progress made in relation to the audit carried out on the Council's approach to managing its statutory equalities duties (copy herewith) 25 - 40 5 Audit and Risk-Related Items Action Log Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) allowing Members to track implementation of outstanding requests and recommendations made by the Panel in respect of audit and risk-related items (copy herewith) 41 - 44 6 Internal Audit Progress Report Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) (1) providing an overview of Internal Audit activity, and (2) reporting the results of internal Audit outputs finalised since the last update to the Panel in May 2023 (copy herewith) 45 - 112 7 Internal Audit Follow-Up of Actions previously agreed by Management in responce to Audit Recommendations Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Procurement) updating the Panel on the results of internal Audit's follow-up work reviewing the extent to which management have implemented actions previously committed to in response to previous Internal and External Audit recommendations (copy herewith) 113 - 130 8 Accounts Commission - Local Government in Scotland in Scotland Overview 2023 report (May 2023) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk presenting to the Panel the contents of the Accounts Commission report 'Local Government in Scotland 2023' which was published in May 2023 (copy herewith) 131 - 136 9 National Fraud Initiative Update Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) (1) informing the Panel of the progress made to date by the Council in response to the 2022 National Fraud Initiative (NFI) data matching exercise, and (2) highlighting where further action is required by the Council and/or relevant Services (copy herewith) 137 - 142
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RISK-RELATED ITEMS 10 Risk Management Update and 2023-24 Corporate Risk Register Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing an update on key risk management developments with a particular focus on the results of the recent annual review of the corporate risk register, as well as providing the Panel for the first time with a snapshot of the highest current residual risks within the Service risk registers (copy herewith) 143 - 158 SCRUTINY-RELATED ITEMS 11 Self-Evaluation of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel Submit report by the Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic) providing the Panel with an advance overview of the evaluation framework, process, and timetable for the self-evaluation of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel (copy herewith) 159 - 176 12 Scrutiny Work Programme (Mid-Year Update) Submit report by the Chief Officer (Business and Digital) providing a mid-year update to the composite Scrutiny Work Programme and reporting timetable for the scrutiny function of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel as set out in Appendix 3 to the report (copy herewith) 177 - 190 13 Strategic Performance Framework - Performance Reporting Schedule Quarterly Performance Assurance Review Submit report by the Chief Officer (Business and Digital) providing the Panel with the outcome from the performance assurance review that has been undertaken of performance reports which have been submitted (in line with the Performance Reporting Schedule) to Council Committees during Cycle 2 of 2023 (copy herewith) 191 - 216 14 Arm’s Length External Organisations ALEOs Governance and Risk Management Oversight and Assurance Report 2023 24 Submit report by the Chief Officer (Business and Digital) providing an overview of the ALEO landscape and the performance and financial monitoring safeguards that are in place to provide such assurance (copy herewith) 217 - 240