Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Chamberlain on Internal Audit work that had been undertaken for the CoLP since the last report in November 2016.

The Chairman noted the draft audit plan for 2017/18 was scheduled to take 75 days, which was 10 days fewer than usual. The Chamberlain explained that the number of planned days were based on risk analysis and therefore days allocated would vary as a result.

The Chamberlain confirmed that 15 additional days were to be allocated to review the Force’s project management processes (a request for this work was made by the Chairman in May 2016) and this work would be undertaken between April & June 2017. The audit days for 2017-18 would therefore now total 90 days.

The Chamberlain also commented that the capability of the audit team would be improved next year once at full capacity. A Member questioned whether the reduction in audit days was linked to cost reductions within the Internal Audit Team. The Chamberlain asserted that the focus had shifted from a system based approach to a risk based approach, and that risks are discussed between the Chamberlain and CoLP.

The Chairman questioned the outstanding recommendation from the audit of Police Seized Goods, and the Commissioner agreed to confirm the date of banking of the foreign cash deposits. The Chairman also questioned why the recommendation from the audit of Police Defendants’ Bank Accounts was still outstanding, as this was marked as complete in November 2016. The Commissioner noted that his was being discussed with the Force’s Director of Finance and an update would be provided.  (15)

The audit of Telecoms PBX Fraud had no revised implementation date as there were a number of issues to review. The Commissioner had scheduled a meeting to discuss the issues including the costs of implementation. The Commissioner would provide an update to the Sub-Committee following on the result of the meeting. (16)

The Commissioner noted that they were relatively optimistic with regard to new uniform procurement and were awaiting an update from the supplier.

RECEIVED.