Audit Committee Agenda

Members of the Committee:

Cllrs Anne Bishop (Chairman), Ivan Bulwer, Mike Cunningham, Jonathan Fitzgerald-Bond, Barbara Foster, Susan Scoccia, one vacancy

NB. Any other member of the Council may attend the meeting and may speak with the permission of the Chairman provided that notification has been given to the Committee Services section before the commencement of the meeting, such notification to detail which items the member is attending for.

Meeting :	Audit Committee
Date :	Thursday, 25 May 2006
Time :	6.00 pm
Place :	Committee Room 1, County Hall, Newport, Isle of Wight

This meeting will be open to the Press and Public to attend

AGENDA

1. MINUTES

To confirm as a true record the Minutes of the meeting held on 16 March 2006 (Paper A).

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST

To invite Members to declare any interest they might have in the matters on the agenda.

3. PUBLIC QUESTION TIME

Questions may be asked without notice but to guarantee a full reply at the meeting such questions must be delivered in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 5.00 pm on Tuesday, 23 May 2006. Each question must give the name and address of the questioner.

4. THE COUNCIL'S STATEMENT ON INTERNAL CONTROL

To consider the report of the Programme Lead for Performing Improvement and the Programme Lead for Business Management on the Council’s Statement on Internal Control (Paper B)

5. INTERNAL AUDIT OUTCOMES REPORT

To consider the report of the Chief Internal Auditor (Paper C)

6. REPORTS OF THE AUDIT COMMISSION

(a) Annual Audit and Inspection Plan (Paper D)

(b) Audit Progress Report 2005/06 (Paper E)

7. MEMBERS’ QUESTION TIME

A question must be submitted in writing or by electronic mail to Committee Services no later than 5.00 pm on Wednesday, 24 May 2006.

JOHN METCALFE

Acting Assistant Chief Executive

ACTING ASSISTANT CHIEF EXECUTIVE