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North Lanarkshire Council · 20 November 2023
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9 November 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 Gartsherrie Room, Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB on Monday, 20 November 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 Scrutiny-Related Items 2 Self-Evaluation of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel - Outcome Report and Improvement Plan Submit report by the Chief Officer (Legal and Democratic) (1) enclosing the outcome from the self-evaluation of the Audit and Scrutiny Panel as a synopsis in Appendix 1 to the report, and (2) seeking approval of the resultant improvement plan as set out in Appendix 3 of the report, and to identify any further development required (copy herewith) 5 - 34 3 Strategic Frameworks Annual Position Statement Submit report by the Chief Officer (Business and Digital) presenting the annual position statement for each Framework and the next steps to ensure each remains aligned to the Plan for North Lanarkshire (copy herewith) 35 - 52 4 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 latest performance assurance review that has been undertaken of performance reports submitted to Council Committees during Cycle 3 of 2023, in line with the Performance Reporting Schedule (copy herewith) 53 - 84 Audit-Related Items 5 Audit and Risk-Related Items Action Log Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) enclosing the items in the Audit and Risk Action Log which will allow Members to track implementation of outstanding requests and recommendations made by the Panel (copy herewith) 85 - 88 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 August 2023 (copy herewith) 89 - 140
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7 Internal Audit Follow-up of Actions Previously Agreed by Management in Response 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) 141 - 168 Risk-Related Item 8 Risk Management Update Submit report by the Chief Officer (Audit and Risk) providing the Panel with an update on developments and changes in relation to the Corporate Risk Register, and other key risk management developments since the last update to the Panel in September, with particular focus on changes to corporate risk scores and new or emerging risk issues (copy herewith) 169 - 176