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Cabinet, Council or Committee Report for Review of the Business Transformation Partnership enc. 1

Audit Committee Business Transformation Review

The role of the Audit Committee

Cabinet have requested that the Audit Committee undertake a review to establish the cost of the Business Transformation team over the last three years and the savings identified and delivered, categorised by service area.� At the meeting on 20 September 2010 Audit Committee agreed that a member sub-group be set up to progress this review and report back the findings at the next meeting on 30 November 2010.� Audit Committee will then report the findings and any recommendations to Cabinet or the relevant Cabinet member.

Purpose of review

� To gather information on the cost to Maidstone Borough Council of the Business Transformation (BT) function over the past 3 years and the savings that have been achieved and are predicted until 2012-13 following BT reviews.�

� To establish whether BT demonstrates value for money for the Council.

Outputs

� Report to 30 November Audit Committee meeting

� Report from Audit Committee to Cabinet/relevant Cabinet member

What is included?

Shared BTP reviews:

� Audit

� Finance and Accountancy

� Legal services

� Contract monitoring

� Volume and bespoke printing

� HR

� ICT

� Revenues and Benefits

Maidstone only work:

� Best Value review of waste and recycling

� Parking services

For each of the above reviews the following information will be compiled:

� Cost to MBC

� Savings identified in original business case

� Savings agreed for implementation

� Predicted savings for MBC

� Savings delivered for MBC

� Savings not delivered with explanatory notes

What is not included?

� Any MKIP workstreams where BTP have had no involvement.

� Any ad hoc work carried out by the BTP team for individual authorities which is not a review e.g. work on Core Strategy

Supporting documents

� Internal Audit review of Business Transformation

� MKIP and BTP financial statements