Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 13 December 2022

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 13 December 2022.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries/Introductions/Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising
  3. Audit Recommendations Tracker and Risk update (10/22)
  4. Internal Audit - Progress Report (11/22)
  5. External Audit
  6. Finance Update (12/22)
  7. National Fraud Initiative
  8. AOB

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 13 June 2023

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 13 June 2023.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries / Introductions / Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising (01-23)
  3. Audit Recommendations Tracker and Risk update (2/23)
  4. Finance Update (03-23)
  5. Internal Audit - Progress Report and Annual Assurance (04/23)
  6. External Audit (Verbal)
  7. Losses (05-23)
  8. Draft Governance Statement (06/23)
  9. AOB
  10. Discussion between Non-Executives and Auditors

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 20 August 2024

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 20 August 2024.

Minutes covered:

  1. Welcome, introductions, declarations of interest
  2. Spending Controls
  3. Minutes, Actions, Matters Arising and Evolving Business Services Update
  4. Audit Tracker
  5. Internal Audit Progress Report
  6. Directorate for Internal Audit and Assurance Report 2023/24
  7. Scottish Forestry Annual Reports & Accounts 2023/24
  8. External Audit - Annual Audit Report 2023/24
  9. Business Continuity Arrangements
  10. Quarterly Information Governance Report
  11. AOB

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 23 September 2023

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 23 September 2023.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries/Introductions/Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes (07/23) / Matters Arising / Audit Tracker (08/23)
  3. Audit and Assurance Update (09/23)
  4. Internal Audit – Progress Report (10-23)
  5. Scottish Forestry Annual Report and Accounts 2022/2023 (11-23)
  6. External Audit Annual Audit report 2022-2023 (12-23)
  7. Information Governance Group Highlight Report (13-23)
  8. AOB

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 26 March 2024

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 26 March 2024.

Minutes covered:

  1. Minutes / Matters Arising / Audit Tracker
  2. Internal Audit – Progress Report (03/24, 04/24)
  3. Finance Update (Paper 05/24)
  4. Risk Assessment (06/24)
  5. External Audit (07/24)
  6. Corporate Appetite Risk Statement (08/24, 09/24)
  7. Information Governance Group Quarterly Update (10/24)

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 28 May 2024

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 28 May 2024.

Minutes covered:

  1. Welcome, introductions, declarations of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising
  3. Audit Tracker
  4. Internal Audit Progress Report
  5. Internal Audit Annual Assurance Opinion 2023-24
  6. Draft Governance Statement
  7. Losses & Special Payments
  8. External Audit Update from Grant Thornton
  9. Update on Business Continuity Arrangements
  10. Quarterly Information Governance Report
  11. AOB

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 29 March 2023

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 29 March 2023.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries / Introductions / Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising
  3. Audit Recommendations Tracker and Risk update (14/22)
  4. Internal Audit - Progress Report and Annual Plan (15/22)
  5. External Audit – Planning & Risk Assessment (16/22)
  6. Gifts (17/22)
  7. National Fraud Initiative Update (18/22)
  8. AOB
  9. Discussion between Non-Executives and Auditors

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 3 December 2024

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 3 December 2024.

Minutes covered:

  1. Welcome, introductions, declarations of interest
  2. Minutes, actions and matters arising
  3. Audit recommendations update
  4. Budget and outturn update
  5. Internal Audit Progress Report
  6. External Audit
  7. Quarterly Information Governance Report
  8. Update on Website Development Project Digital Scotland Service Standard Assessment
  9. Notification of whistleblowing complaint
  10. AOB

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 30 March 2022

Audit and Assurance Committee Minutes for 30 March 2022.


Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 5 December 2023

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 5 December 2023.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries/Introductions/Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising / Audit Tracker
  3. Internal Audit – Progress Report (16/23)
  4. Finance Update (17/23)
  5. Update from Information Governance Group (18/23)
  6. Declaration of official gifts (19/23)
  7. Discussion between Non-Executives and Auditors