Meeting documents

Audit Committee
Monday, 5 March 2007

Audit Committee
Presentation Suite
Civic Centre
Strood
Monday, 5 March 2007
7:00 pm
AGENDA
1TO APPROVE THE RECORD OF THE FOLLOWING MEETING:
 
 27 September 2006
2TO RECEIVE APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
3URGENT MATTERS BY REASON OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
 
The Chairman will announce any late items which do not appear on the main agenda but which he has agreed should be considered by reason of special circumstances to be specified in the reports.
4DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
 
 (a)Personal interests under the Medway Code of Conduct
 (b)Prejudicial interests under the Medway Code of Conduct

A Councillor who declares a prejudicial interest must withdraw from the room unless a dispensation has been obtained from the Council's Standard's Committee or the exemption under paragraph 12(2) of the Medway Code of Conduct applies.

If an interest is not declared at the outset of the meeting, it should be disclosed as soon as the interest becomes apparent.
5TO CONSIDER REPORTS AS FOLLOWS:
 (A)Outcomes of housing benefit counter fraud investigations
 
This report details the progress with investigating allegations of housing and council tax fraud during the period April to August 2006.
 > Housing and council tax benefit investigations (pdf file 25.4kb)
 (B)Internal Audit work programme 2006/2007
 
This report advises of the progress in achieving the internal audit programme for 2006/2007.
 > Internal Audit Work Programme 2006-2007 (pdf file 41.4kb)
 (C)Exclusion of the press and public
 
Exempt and confidential items are not available to the press and public. This report provides information on items that may be considered when the press and public are excluded.
 > Exclusion of the press and public (pdf file 12.3kb)
 (D)Outcomes of Audit activity
 
This report gives the outcome of recent Internal Audit activity. There is an exempt appendix to accompany this report.
 > Outcomes of Audit Activity (pdf file 14.0kb)
 (E)Irregularity report
 
This report details the outcome of recent investigation and an exempt appendix accompanies the report.
 > Irregularity Report (pdf file 9.8kb)