Issue - meetings

A report from Associate Director, Finance, Associate Director, Legal asnd Governance, and Associate Director, Corporate Function, Procurement and Programme Office, is attached.

Councillor Philip Whitehead presented the report which asked Cabinet to consider a draft Annual Governance Statement for 2016/17 for comment before final approval is sought from the Audit Committee on 26 July 2016.

Resolved

a.    to consider the draft AGS as set out in Appendix 1 and make any comments or changes as they see fit;

b.    To note that the draft AGS will be revised in the light of any comments by Cabinet before final approval by the Audit Committee and publication with the Statement of Accounts at the end of July 2016.

Reason for Decision:

To prepare the AGS 2016/17 for publication in accordance with the requirements of the Audit and Accounts Regulations.