To receive details of any councillor nominated to attend the meeting in place of a member of the committee.

To receive declarations of interest in respect of items on the agenda.

To approve and sign the minutes of the meeting held on 30 January 2024.

Deadline for receipt of questions is 5pm on Wednesday 20 March 2024.

Questions must be submitted to councillorservices@herefordshire.gov.uk.  Questions sent to any other address may not be accepted.

Accepted questions and the response to them will be published as a supplement to the agenda papers prior to the meeting. Further information and guidance is available at www.herefordshire.gov.uk/getinvolved

To receive any questions from members of the public.

To receive any questions from councillors.

To review and agree the external auditor’s plan for 2023/24.

To consider the report outlining how the council currently manages risk and note any opportunities for improvement.

To provide an update on progress made against the 2023/24 statutory accounts workplan and present the accounting policies and estimates which inform the financial statements.

To introduce the concept of a rolling audit plan for 2024/25 to the Audit and Governance Committee for discussion and approval.

To update members on the progress of internal audit work and to bring to their attention any key internal control issues arising from work recently completed.

To assure the committee that action is being taken on risk related issues identified by internal audit. This is monitored through acceptance of agreed management actions and progress updates in implementing the action plans. In addition, occasions where audit actions not accepted by management are documented if it is considered that the course of action proposed by management presents a risk in terms of the effectiveness of or compliance with the council’s control environment.

To consider the work programme for the committee.

Tuesday 11 June 2024, 2pm.

In the opinion of the Proper Officer, the next item will not be, or is likely not to be, open to the public and press at the time it is considered

RECOMMENDATION:

That under Section 100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972, the public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Schedule 12(A) of the Act as indicated below;

Paragraph 3 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (including the authority holding that information)

To consider the Limited Assurance Audit (Exempt Appendix B) from the Internal Auditors Quarter 4 report 2023/24.