Issue - meetings

To receive a report of South West Audit Partnership (SWAP).

The committee reviewed the South West Audit Partnership (SWAP) Internal Audit Plan for 2019/20, which provided a summary of the proposed audit coverage that the internal audit team would deliver within the second half of the 2019/20 financial year.

A point was raised that the plan did not cover the area of vacancy management and in response, the Executive Director of Corporate Development noted that a report would be provided on recruitment and retention issues in Dorset Council, at the next meeting of the committee.  The Chairman noted that once this report had been received, the committee could consider whether there was a requirement for SWAP to undertake any work in this area.

In respect of reports prepared by SWAP, a request was made for additional explanatory text to be included where an audit had received partial assurance.