THAT  (a)        Cabinet note the Audit Commission’s Annual Audit & Inspection         Letter             for 2008 and the comments made by the Audit &     Corporate Governance Committee;

(b)   Cabinet approve the response to the action points in paragraph 9 of the Annual Audit and Inspection Letter for 2008 in the light of the comments made by the Audit & Corporate Governance Committee; and

(c)   In future years the District Auditor continues to meet with the Audit and Corporate Governance Committee and also reports annually to Cabinet and the Strategic Monitoring Committee at a joint meeting.