The purpose of the audit,
governance and standards committee is to provide:
1.
Independent assurance of the adequacy of the
council’s governance arrangements, including its standards
regime, the risk management framework and the associated control
environment.
2.
Independent scrutiny of the authority’s
financial and non-financial performance to the extent that it
affects the authority’s exposure to risk and weakens the
control environment.
3.
Oversight of the financial reporting
process.
4.
Scrutiny of the treasury management strategy and
policies.
5.
A framework to promote and maintain high standards
of conduct by councillors, co-opted members and church and parent
governor representatives.