Agenda

Audit Committee - Friday 24 January 2025 10.00 am

Venue: Mitchell Room - HCC. View directions

Contact: Members Services 

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Items
No. Item

1.

Apologies for absence

To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Declarations of Interest

All Members who believe they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest in any matter to be considered at the meeting must declare that interest and, having regard to Part 3 Paragraph 1.5 of the County Council's Members’ Code of Conduct, leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with Paragraph 1.6 of the Code.  Furthermore all Members with a Personal Interest in a matter being considered at the meeting should consider, having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 4 of the Code, whether such interest should be declared, and having regard to Part 5, Paragraph 5 of the Code, consider whether it is appropriate to leave the meeting while the matter is discussed, save for exercising any right to speak in accordance with the Code.

 

3.

Minutes of previous meeting held on 26 September 2024 pdf icon PDF 89 KB

To confirm the minutes of the previous meeting.

4.

Deputations

To receive any deputations notified under Standing Order 12.

5.

Chairman's Announcements

To receive any announcements the Chairman may wish to make.

6.

Information Compliance - Use of Regulated Investigatory Powers pdf icon PDF 106 KB

To receive the quarterly update on the County Council’s use of regulated investigatory powers.

 

Additional documents:

7.

EXTERNAL AUDIT: HCC Audit Results Report – 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 70 KB

To receive the external auditors report for Hampshire County Council for the year ending 31 March 2024.

Additional documents:

8.

EXTERNAL AUDIT - HAMPSHIRE PENSION FUND AUDIT RESULTS REPORT 2023/24 pdf icon PDF 70 KB

To receive the external auditors report for Hampshire County Council for the year ending 31 March 2024.

Additional documents:

9.

Statement of Accounts 2023/2024 pdf icon PDF 154 KB

To consider a report of the Director of Corporate Operations giving an update on the 2023/24 Statement of Accounts for Hampshire County Council and the Hampshire Pension Fund.

10.

Internal Audit Progress Report 2024-25 pdf icon PDF 98 KB

To consider a report of the Chief Internal Auditor on Internal Audit progress during 2024/25.

Additional documents:

11.

Implementation of the Global Internal Audit Standards pdf icon PDF 146 KB

To consider a report of the Chief Internal Auditor giving an overview of the new Global Internal Audit Standards, to which public sector internal audit functions will have to comply from 1 April 2025.

12.

2024/25 Q2 Treasury Management Report pdf icon PDF 304 KB

To consider a report of the Director of Corporate Operations providing an update on treasury management activity including the requirement in the 2021 Code of quarterly reporting of the treasury management prudential indicators.

13.

Treasury Management Strategy Statement 2025/26 to 2027/28 pdf icon PDF 415 KB

To consider a report of the Director of Corporate Operations on the Treasury Management Strategy Statement for 2025/26 to 2027/28. This includes the Annual Investment Strategy for 2025/26.

14.

2024-2025 Audit Committee - Annual Report pdf icon PDF 183 KB

To consider a report of the Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Corporate Operations outlining the Committee’s work over the last year to be presented to Full Council.

15.

Review of Contract Standing Orders pdf icon PDF 239 KB

To consider a report of the Director of Corporate Operations and Monitoring Officer proposing changes to the County Council’s Contract Standing Orders largely to comply with the new Procurement Act 2023.

16.

Update on Limited Assurance Internal Audit Reviews 2023/2024 pdf icon PDF 112 KB

To consider a report of the Director of Corporate Operations providing an update on progress with completing the agreed management actions.

Additional documents:

17.

Corporate Risk Management - Annual Report pdf icon PDF 212 KB

To consider a report of the Director of People and Organisation summarising the updates made to the Corporate Risk Management Strategy 2022-25 since the last annual report in December 2023.

18.

Minutes of the Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board Meeting - 27 September 2024 (Less Exempt) pdf icon PDF 66 KB

To receive the non-exempt minutes of the Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board meeting held on 27 September 2024.

 

Additional documents:

19.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To resolve that the public be excluded from the meeting during the following items of business, as it is likely, in view of the nature of the business to be transacted or the nature of the proceedings, that if members of the public were present during this item there would be disclosure to them of exempt information within Paragraphs 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972, and further that in all the circumstances of the cases, the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interest in disclosing the information, for the reasons set out in the exempt minutes.

20.

Minutes of the Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board Meeting - 27 September 2024 (Exempt)

To receive the exempt minutes of the Hampshire Pension Fund Panel and Board meeting held on 27 September 2024.

 

21.

Corporate Strategic Risk Register

To consider an exempt report of the Director of People and Organisation on key strategic corporate risks to the County Council.