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Report 10 of the 7 December 2007 meeting of the Corporate Governance Committee inviting the committee to consider proposals made at the Full Authority meeting on 22 November in relation to the implementation of Internal Audit and Health & Safety recommendations.
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Reference from full Authority
Report: 10
Date: 7 December 2007
By: the Chief Executive
Summary
This report invites the committee to consider a response to proposals made at the Full Authority meeting on 22 November in relation to the implementation of Internal Audit and Health & Safety recommendations.
A. Recommendation
That the Committee considers how it might take forward the proposal referred to in paragraph 3 of this report.
B. Supporting information
1. At its ordinary meeting on 22 November, the Authority considered a report on the MPS use of corporate charge cards. This report was before the Authority as a result of actions and investigations being carried out to reconcile charge card accounts, to improve monitoring and oversight processes and to establish whether there have been any instances of misuse of charge cards within the MPS.
2. Members were dismayed that system and process failures within the MPS had allowed this situation to come about, particularly as Internal Audit had raised concerns with the MPS in 2004/2005. Members received a report from the MPS detailing corrective action being taken and it was agreed that further reports would be made to the Corporate Governance Committee on a regular basis.
3. During discussion of this report at the meeting, the Authority’s Chair proposed that failure, for no good reason, to implement Internal Audit or Health & Safety report recommendations might be considered to constitute grounds for disciplinary action against officers or police staff responsible for implementation.
4. The Corporate Governance Committee has taken some steps in this direction by requiring directorate heads to produce an annual health & safety assurance report to the Authority for their service areas. The Committee is invited to consider how it might take forward and formalise the Chair’s proposal.
C. Race and equality impact
No direct implications
D. Financial implications
No direct implications
E. Background papers
None
F. Contact details
Report author: Simon Vile, Head of Corporate Secretariat, MPA
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