In accordance with the recommendations of the Peer Review of the Audit Committee and best practice, the Committee considered its Annual Report 2012/13.

RESOLVED:

1.  That subject to the correction of a typographical error in the last sentence of the foreword, the content of the Committee’s Annual Report 2012/13, attached as Appendix A to the report of the Head of Audit Partnership, be approved.

2.  To RECOMMEND to the COUNCIL:  That the Audit Committee’s Annual Report 2012/13 (as amended), which demonstrates how the Committee has discharged its duties during 2012/13, provides assurance to the Council that important governance issues are being monitored and addressed by the Committee, and provides evidence to support the Annual Governance Statement, be noted.