Agenda item

To receive a report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub-Committee received a six monthly update on internal audit reviews undertaken between April and October 2013, as well as further information on the progress being made in the completion of the Internal Audit Plan.

The Chairman expressed concern that only 13 days had been completed in the last period, and 32 had been completed in this period. The Chamberlain advised that she was satisfied there were sufficient resources to complete internal audit activities going forward, this included temporary resources which had been allocated.

The Chairman also expressed concern that internal audit activities had been affected by sickness absence and hoped that there were now systems in place to prevent future recurrences. 

The Chamberlain noted that information on the Fleet Management Strategy had not been included in this report which specified that discussions between the Police Director of Resources and internal audit had resulted in this review being deferred due to the Force examining a revised Fleet Management Strategy.

Members and officers discussed that the number of monitoring audit days would increase for 2013-14 to reach 125 internal audit days. The Chamberlain provided reassurance to the Sub-Committee that 125 monitoring audit days would be completed for 2013-14.

The Chamberlain added that there were other audit monitoring areas undertaken by the City of London Corporation with regards to Force activities. In the future, these would be included in internal audit reports to the Sub-Committee.