To seek the views of the committee as to whether the draft annual governance statement 2019/20 properly reflects the risk environment the council is operating in and the appropriateness of any actions required to improve it.

The chief finance officer presented the report.

During the discussion on the item the following points were raised:

·         The external audit work was on track for November 2020.

·         The draft annual governance statement is available on the council’s website for the public to comment on.

·         The typographical and grammatical errors would need to be corrected.

·         The committee were pleased with the user-friendly presentation and the inclusion of hyperlinks.

·         It was confirmed that the outstanding actions contained within appendix 2 of the agenda pack had been incorporated in the annual governance statement.

RESOLVED that

the committee determined the draft annual governance statement at appendix 1 properly reflected the risk environment the council is operating in and that actions identified are an appropriate response.