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Report of the Director of Resources enclosed.

The Director of Resources submitted a report for information on progress against the 2022/23 Internal Audit Plan covering the period June 2022 to August 2022.

The report included the areas that had been a key focus, and the areas for which reviews were in progress, along with:

·         An overview setting out the planned delivery for the Internal Audit Plan.

·         A summary of internal audit recommendations that had been raised – 80 recommendations were due for implementation, of these, 67 were considered implemented, partially implemented, or superseded. Of the 13 still outstanding, 10 were originally considered high risk.

·         The results of key performance indicators, and

·         Progress against the PSIAS Quality Assurance Improvement Plan.

The Internal Audit Team had also successfully recruited to the post of Internal Auditor and the postholder was due to commence in October 2022.