Issue - meetings

Issue - meetings

Local Government Audit Committee briefing - 2014/15-16/17

Meeting: 01/03/2016 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 47)

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Local Government Audit Committee briefing presented by the Council’s external auditors, Ernst & Young.

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered the local government audit briefing from the Council’s external auditors, Ernst & Young and noted:

·         The Head of Financial Services had prepared responses to consultations on the New Homes Bonus and Council Tax Support scheme.

·         There was no further information on the changes proposed for business rates from April 2020 but there would be new burdens. Revenue Support Grant was being phased out in the run up to this and for Oxford City Council the RSG entitlement was reduced to zero from 1st April 2019.

·         Work on the financial viability of devolution proposals would be undertaken if there was a political will to proceed.

 


Meeting: 16/12/2015 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 33)

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Local Government Audit Committee briefing presented by the Council’s external auditors, Ernst & Young.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the Local Government Audit Committee briefing presented by the Council’s external auditors, Ernst & Young.

 

Nigel Kennedy said that the budget report being presented to the City Executive Board on 17 December included details of the severe impact of the changes in the right-to-buy legislation for the Council. The Council had responded to the government consultation on changes to council tax recovery methods. Improvements to the Council’s powers would help our collection rates.

 

The Committee agreed to note the report.

 


Meeting: 29/06/2015 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 13)

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Briefing paper from the External Auditor.

Minutes:

The Committee noted the briefing paper.


Meeting: 23/04/2015 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 60)

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Briefing paper from the external auditor.

 

Minutes:

The Committee considered the briefing paper from the external auditor.

 

Alan Witty introduced the briefing, outlined the key points, and answered questions from the Committee.

 

The Committee noted the report and asked for:

·         notification of how to access officer decisions published on the website;

·         a briefing for members on the capital projects management and procurement process;

·         a briefing for the committee on national and local perspectives on audit; managing major projects; and assurance.


Meeting: 26/02/2015 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 45)

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Presentation by the external auditor.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the briefing supplied by the Council’s external auditor.

 

In answer to questions from the Committee, Mick West and Nigel Kennedy said:

·         Queries about the reliability of some of the data had been raised with the Audit Commission who produced the briefing.

·         The national fraud report contained a detailed fraud checklist which the Council may wish to use.

·         The Department for Work and Pensions had taken on responsibility for all benefit fraud investigation. The Council retained a team of 5.9FTE to cover all other fraud work for this council and take on work for other authorities. The aim was to recover the running costs from insourced work and the money recovered or not paid out as a result of fraud detection and prevention.

·         Publicity for individual cases acted as a deterrent. Policies and procedures which took account of opportunities for fraud helped prevent it occurring.

·         It may be possible to provide information about other local authorities’ successful detection of tenancy fraud.

 

The Committee noted the briefing.


Meeting: 26/02/2015 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 44)

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Briefing paper from the external auditor.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the briefing paper supplied by the Council’s external auditor.

 

The Committee noted the points set out in the paper, in particular the implications of changes to the deadlines for submission of accounts from 2017/18 onwards.


Meeting: 18/12/2014 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 32)

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Local Government Audit Committee briefing presented by the Council’s external auditors.

Minutes:

The Committee considered the briefing paper supplied by the Council’s external auditor

 

The Committee noted the points set out in the paper.