Agenda item

Report of the Chamberlain.

The Sub-Committee received a report of the Chamberlain that provided Members with an update on the work of Internal Audit that had been undertaken for CoLP since the last report in April 2018.

The Chairman noted that challenges around internal controls and asked if the number of days assigned to the audit work was appropriate.  The representative of Internal Audit confirmed that it was deemed appropriate and was subject to constant review.

A Member noted that volumes of F.O.I. requests and deadlines to deal with these was marked as RED and suggested that this was worrying.  The representative of Internal Audit explained that the timescales were challenging in this area and confirmed that they would feed further information back to Members. (9)

Members noted that there appeared to be repetition in the status column of the table included within Appendix 2 of the report which was likely erroneous.  The Chairman asked for clarification of what was accurate within Appendix 2 as Members were not confident in the information.

A Member stated their concerns over the status of Police-seized goods, cited as the Assistant Commissioner to consider accepting risk and closing, suggesting that there could be a potential misappropriation issue.  The Assistant Commissioner agreed to feedback information about the process involved. (10)  The Chairman noted that it was possible that other controls covered this area so it was right to accept risk in some cases.  The Chairman requested an update on the RED risks in relation to Police-seized goods. (11)

RESOLVED – That the report be received.