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 28 January 2025.  

Deadline for receipt of questions is 5pm on Wednesday 19 March 2025.

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 draft annual plan for 2024/25.

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. 

Note: Paper to follow;

Appendix A SWAP Internal Audit Progress Report Quarter 4 2024-25

To present the approach to Internal Audit Planning and the Internal Audit Charter for 2025-26 to the Audit and Governance Committee for discussion and approval. 

To provide an update on progress made against the 2024/25 statutory accounts workplan and present the accounting policies and estimates which inform the financial statements.

To provide an update on the council’s approach to risk management arrangements. 

To consider the work programme for the committee.

Tuesday, 10 June 2025. 2pm.