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Report 13 of the 22 September 2006 meeting of the Corporate Governance Committee and confirms the status of outstanding high-risk accepted recommendations made by MPA Internal Audit.
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High-risk audit recommendations
Report: 13
Date: 22 September 2006
By: Commissioner
Summary
This report confirms the status of outstanding high-risk accepted recommendations made by MPA Internal Audit as at the end of August 2006, and gives details of ongoing work to enhance the process by which the MPS respond to audit recommendations.
A. Recommendation
That members note the status of all outstanding high-risk recommendations made in relation to MPS control systems by MPA Internal Audit.
B. Supporting information
1. This report summarises the present status of high-risk recommendations on the MPA Internal Audit list of outstanding recommendations and provides an update on the steps being taken to enhance the process by which it responds to audit recommendations.
Progress report on current high-risk audit recommendations
2. The status of high-risk accepted MPA Internal Audit recommendations as at end August 2006 is set out in the EXEMPT Appendix 1 (agenda item 23). Table 1 below summarises the latest position by the year in which each recommendation was made. The data provided covers only those high-risk accepted recommendations included in the previous progress report submitted to Corporate Governance Committee in June 2006, together with any recommendations subsequently reported to the MPS Inspection Liaison and Analysis Unit (ILAU) by MPA Internal Audit. Recommendations relating to Human Resources matters are now included within this process.
Table 1: High-risk accepted audit recommendation progress summary
| Year audit recs made | Number of audit recs | O/S as at end May 06 | O/S as at end August 06 | Progress since previous report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2003 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2004 |
6 + 2 further recs |
1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 (further recs as result of follow up by Internal Audit, post 2004) | 2 (further recs as result of follow up by Internal Audit, post 2004) | |||
| 2005 | 30 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| Received between Jan-May 06 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Received between Jun-Aug 06 | 9 | - | 5 | - |
Improving the MPS audit recommendation response process
3. Since the previous Committee meeting, it has been agreed with HR Directorate that updates on the progress of their outstanding high-risk recommendations will be provided direct to the ILAU and are therefore included in this report.
4. Updates from business groups are now being requested by the ILAU on a monthly basis. This is to ensure that co-ordination with all other inspection activity and to enable regular updates to be provided to Performance Board.
5. The Deputy Director of Internal Audit is also updated in relation to the development of audit recommendation tracking and reporting.
6. A further progress report by the ILAU on the status of high-risk audit recommendations will be provided to Corporate Governance Committee in December 2006.
C. Race and equality impact
No reported adverse impacts on race and equality.
D. Financial implications
It is understood that the actions have been, or are being, undertaken from existing budgets.
E. Background papers
None
F. Contact details
Report author: Julie Buckingham, Inspection Liaison and Analysis Unit, MPS.
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