Lewes District Council Audit and Governance Committee - Monday 8 September 2025, 5:00pm - Lewes and Eastbourne Councils Webcasting
			Lewes District Council Audit and Governance Committee
Monday, 8th September 2025 at 5:00pm 
		
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									2 Apologies for absence/declaration of substitute members								
							
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											Committee Officer
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
 
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									6 External Audit Update								
							
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Honeyman
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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									7 Treasury Management 2025/26 (Quarter 1)								
							
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Honeyman
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Honeyman
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Meek
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Head of Corporate Finance
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Honeyman
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
 
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									8 Internal Audit and Counter Fraud report for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-2026 (1 April 2025 to 30 June 2025)								
							
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							- Internal Audit and Counter Fraud report
 - Appendix 1 – List of reports issued during the year
 - Appendix 2 – Position of audits requiring follow-up
 - Appendix 3 (i) – Recommendations outstanding from operational audit review, after follow-ups
 - Appendix 3 (ii) – Recommendations outstanding from annual audit review, after follow-ups
 - Appendix 4 – Counter Fraud savings
 - Appendix 5 – Internal Audit Charter
 - Appendix 6 – Code of Ethics for Internal Auditors
 - Appendix 7 – Quality Assurance Improvement Programme for Internal Audit
 - Appendix 8 – Internal Audit Strategy 2025-2028
 
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Deputy Chief Finance Officer
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Gallagher
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											Committee Officer
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
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											Cllr Stewart-Roberts
 
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									9 Strategic Risk Register Quarterly Review								
							
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									10 Date of next meeting								
							
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- Minutes of Previous Meeting, opens in new tab
 - External Audit Update, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 1 – Lewes District Council External Auditor Action Plan, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 2 – LDC External Audit Action Plan (Status of Outstanding Recommendations), opens in new tab
 - Treasury Management 2025/26 (Quarter 1), opens in new tab
 - Appendix 1 – Economic Background by MUFG, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 2 – Short Term Borrowing 30/6/25, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 3 – Prudential and Treasury Indicators, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 4 – Glossary of terms, opens in new tab
 - Internal Audit and Counter Fraud report, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 1 – List of reports issued during the year, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 2 – Position of audits requiring follow-up, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 3 (i) – Recommendations outstanding from operational audit review, after follow-ups, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 3 (ii) – Recommendations outstanding from annual audit review, after follow-ups, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 4 – Counter Fraud savings, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 5 – Internal Audit Charter, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 6 – Code of Ethics for Internal Auditors, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 7 – Quality Assurance Improvement Programme for Internal Audit, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 8 – Internal Audit Strategy 2025-2028, opens in new tab
 - Strategic Risk Register Quarterly Review, opens in new tab
 - Appendix 1 – Strategic Risk Register, opens in new tab