Agenda

Audit, Governance and Standards Committee - Monday 5 February 2024 6.30 pm

Venue: Ground Floor Meeting Room G01A - 160 Tooley Street, London SE1 2QH. View directions

Contact: Virginia Wynn-Jones  Email: virginia.wynn-jones@southwark.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

Part A - Open Business

The Chair would like to remind members that prior to the meeting they have the opportunity to inform officers of particular areas of interest relating to reports on the agenda, in order for officers to undertake preparatory work to address matters that may arise during debate.

1.

Apologies for absence

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    To receive any apologies for absence.

2.

Confirmation of voting members

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    A representative of each political group will confirm the voting members of the committee.

3.

Notification of any items of business which the chair deems urgent

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    In special circumstances, an item of business may be added to an agenda within five clear days of the meeting.

4.

Disclosure of interests and dispensations

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    Members to declare any personal interests and dispensation in respect of any item of business to be considered at this meeting.

5.

Minutes

6.

Governance conversation: Doreen Forrester-Brown

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    The assistant chief executive – governance and assurance to attend the committee to discuss:

    - departmental governance

    - focus on HR

    - member development framework

    - member code of conduct

    - MOWG

     

7.

Southwark Council Corporate Peer Challenge

8.

In-housing of the leisure contract update

9.

Risk management and insurance

10.

Southwark Construction - Retrospective contract variations

11.

IT governance update - Cyber security

12.

2021-22 Audit Findings Reports For London Borough of Southwark and Pension Fund

12a

Auditor's annual report on Southwark Council 2021-22

13.

Informing the audit risk assessment for the Pension Fund 2022/23 and External audit plan for the Southwark Pension Fund 2022/23

14.

Internal audit plan and strategy for internal audit and Internal audit charter

15.

Progress report on the work of internal audit

15a

Progress report on the work of anti-fraud

16.

Review of complaints made under the Members' Code of Conduct in 2023

17.

Report on operational use of Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act

18.

Annual report on the work and performance of the audit, governance and standards committee in 2023-24

19.

Annual work programme for following year (2024-25)

20.

Nominations of non-voting co-opted members of the civic awards sub-committee for 2023-24

21.

Review of code of corporate governance

Any other open business as notified at the start of the meeting and accepted by the chair as urgent

Exclusion of press and public

The following motion should be moved, seconded and approved if the sub-committee wishes to exclude the press and public to deal with reports revealing exempt information:

 

“That the public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business on the grounds that they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraphs 1-7, Access to Information Procedure rules of the Constitution.”

Part B - Closed Business

Nominations for Civic Awards under item 20