Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Committee

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Meeting: 29 November 2005

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 1
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 2
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 4
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 5
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 6
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 7
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 8
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 9
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 10
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 11
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 12
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - Appendix 13
• Best Value Review of Sustainable Communities
• Best Value Review of Feasibility of a Single Joint Waste Authority
• Best Value Review of Local Provision for Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Quarterly Performance Monitoring reports against the Council Plan
• Quarter 2 Internal Audit Progress Report
• Adult Social Care Action Plan
• Strategic Risk Monitoring report
• Strategic Risk Monitoring report - Appendix A
• Procurement Strategy report
• Procurement Strategy report - Appendix A
• Procurement Strategy report - Appendix B
• Procurement Strategy report - Appendix C
• Procurement Strategy report - Appendix D
• Scrutiny Committee 2005/2006 Work Programme
• Forward Plan for the period 01 December 2005 - 31 March 2006

Meeting: 13 September 2005

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Internal Audit Progress Report Quarter 1
• Presentation slides for Item 6: Adult Social Care Internal Control Issues
• Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - State of the County 2005
• Appendix 1 to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 2 to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 2, Annex A to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 3 to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 4 to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 5 to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 5, Annex A to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 5, Annex B to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Appendix 6 to Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Risk Management
• Presentation slides for Item 9: Procurement
• Carbon Management Group
• Appendix: Carbon Management Group Action Plan
• Appendix: Carbon reduction measures
• Scrutiny Committee 2005/2006 Work Programme
• Forward Plan for the period 13 September to 31 December 2005

Meeting: 24 June 2005

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Internal Audit Services: Annual Report and Opinion 2004-05
• Annex A to Annual Report and Opinion
• Annex B to Annual Report and Opinion
• Internal Audit Strategy 2005-2007
• Annex A to Internal Audit Strategy 2005-2007
• Appendix B to Internal Audit Strategy 2005-2007
• Annual Efficiency Statement
• Annex C to Annual Efficiency Statement
• External Audit and Inspection Plans 2005-2006
• Appendix to External Audit and Inspection Plans 2005-2006
• Best Value Review Programme 2005-2007
• Best Value Review of Local Provision for Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Best Value Review of a Strategy for a Joint Waste Authority
• Update report on the Best Value Review of Sustainable Communities
• Audit and Best Value Potential Scrutiny Programme
• Appendix to Scrutiny Programme
• Quarter 4 (Q4) Monitoring Report against the 2004-2005 Council Plan
• Forward Plan for the period 1 July to 30 September 2005

Meeting: 10 March 2005

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Internal Audit Progress Report: Quarter 3
• Audit Commission’s Audit and Inspection Annual Letter – covering report
• Audit Commission’s Audit and Inspection Annual Letter
• Best Value Review of Local Provision for Adults with Learning Disabilities
• Best Value Review of Local Provision for Adults with Learning Disabilities – Project Initiation Document
• Best Value Review of Sustainable Communities – covering report
• Best Value Review of Sustainable Communities
• Council Plan 2004/05 Quarter 3 monitoring
• Appendix 1 to Council Plan 2004/05 Quarter 3 monitoring
• Appendix 2 to Council Plan 2004/05 Quarter 3 monitoring
• Forward Plan for the period 15 March to 30 June 2005

Meeting: 23 November 2004

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Reconciling Policy and Resources
  • Attachment 1
  • Attachment 2
  • Attachment 3
  • Attachment 4
  • Attachment 5
  • Attachment 6
  • Attachment 7
  • Attachment 8
  • Attachment 9
  • Attachment 10
  • Attachment 11
  • Attachment 12
  • Attachment 13
  • Attachment 14
  • Attachment 15
  • Attachment 16
  • Attachment 17
  • Attachment 18
  • Attachment 19
• Internal Audit Progress Report Quarter 2
• Procurement and Local Firms
  • Appendix
• Sustainable Communities
• Council Plan Quarter 2
• Forward Plan

Meeting: 14 September 2004

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Reconciling Policy and Resources
  • Cabinet report
    • Annex 1
    • Annex 2
    • Appendix 5
• Internal Audit Progress Report Quarter 1
• Scrutiny Review of Trading Standards – final report by Project Board
  • Appendix
• Best Value Review of Personnel Service - monitoring report
• Establishment of Best Value Review Boards for the 2004-05 Programme
• Scrutiny of Departmental Performance in Selected BVPIs
• Forward Plan

Meeting: 17 June 2004

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Audit Commission Audit and Inspection Annual Plan 2004-05
  • Appendix
• Internal Audit Services: Annual Report and Opinion 2003-04
• Internal Audit Strategy 2004 – 2007 and Annual Plan
  • Appendix
  • Appendix B
• Council Plan : End of Year Progress Report
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
• Forward Plan – 29 June to 21 September 2004
• Environmental Management of Buildings
  • Appendix
• Best Value Review of Emergency Planning
  • Appendix
• Scrutiny Review of Trading Standards
• Best Value Review of Transport in East Sussex
• Scrutiny of Best Value Performance Indicators

Meeting: 11 March 2004

• Agenda
• CBOSS (Core Back Office Systems Solutions) : update on key risks and audit approach
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Annex 1
  • Annex 2
• Internal Audit Progress Report : Quarter 3
• Audit Commission’s Audit and Inspection Annual Letter
• Best Value Review of Attendance in Schools
  • Appendix
• Best Value Review of Transport in East Sussex – Project Initiation Document
  • Appendix
• Scrutiny Review of Trading Standards – Project Initiation Document
  • Appendix
• Establishment of a Review Board to scrutinise departmental performance in selected BVPIS
• Council Plan 2003/04 Quarter Three

Meeting: 25 November 2003

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Evaluation of Single Member Monitoring - report by Councillor Slack
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - report by Chief Executive and all Chief Officers
  • Attachment 1
  • Attachment 2
  • Attachment 3
  • Attachment 4
  • Attachment 5
  • Attachment 6
  • Attachment 7
  • Attachment 8
  • Attachment 9
  • Attachment 10
  • Attachment 11
  • Attachment 12
  • Attachment 13
  • Attachment 14
  • Attachment 15
  • Attachment 16
  • Attachment 17
  • Attachment 18
• Best Value Review of Property Services - Final Monitoring Report - report by Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Corporate Resources
  • Appendix
• Best Value Review of ICT Infrastructure : Final Monitoring Report - report by Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Corporate Resources
  • Appendix
• Best Value Review of Community Safety - Final Monitoring Report - report by Chief Executive
  • Attachment
• Best Value Review of Emergency Planning : Interim Monitoring Report - report by Director of Law and Performance Management
  • Appendix
• Scrutiny activity within the Chief Executive's Department - report by the Director of Law and Performance Management
• Debt Recovery Procedures - report by Deputy Chief Executive & Director of Corporate Resources
  • Appendix
• Internal Audit Progress Report: Quarter 2 - report by Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Corporate Resources
• Council Plan: Quarter 2 - report by Director of Law and Performance Management
  • Attachment 1
  • Attachment 2
• Forward Plan for the period 1 December 2003 to 31 March 2004
• Road Transport Best Value report

Meeting: 18 July 2003

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Council Plan 2002-2003 End of Year Monitoring Report – report by Chief Executive
  • Appendix
• Internal Audit Progress Report for Quarter 1 – report by Director of Corporate Resources
  • Appendix
• Developing the Scrutiny Function of the Audit and Best Value Scrutiny Committee – report by Director of Legal and Community Services
• Environmental Management of Buildings – report by Director of Corporate Resources
• Forward Plan - July to October

Meeting: 17 June 2003

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Internal Audit Services: Annual Report and Opinion – report by Director of Corporate Resources
• Council Plan Monitoring – report by Director of Legal and Community Services

Meeting: 30 April 2003

• Agenda
• Council Plan 2002/03 : Quarterly Progress Report – report by Chief Executive
  • Appendix
  • Appendix
• External Audit and Inspection Plans 2002/03 and 2003/04 - report by Director of Corporate Resources
  • Appendix
  • Appendix
• Strategic Audit Plan 2003/06 - report by Director of Corporate Resources
  • Annex A
  • Appendix B
• Best Value Review of the Means of Raising Attainment of Pupils in Early Years – final report of the Review Board
• Best Value Review of Services Managed and Delivered through Outsourced Contracts with Owen Williams and Colas– final report of the Project Board
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
  • Appendix 4
  • Appendix 5
  • Appendix 6
  • Appendix 7
  • Appendix 8
  • Appendix 9
  • Appendix 10
  • Appendix 11
  • Appendix 12
• Highway Design
  • Highway Design Appendix 1
  • Highway Design Appendix 2
  • Highway Design Appendix 3
  • Highway Design Appendix 4
  • Highway Design Appendix 5
  • Highway Design Appendix 6
• Final Highways Report
• Scheme Stages Appendix
• Forward Plan

Meeting: 25 February 2003

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Best Value Review of Economic Development/Europe Office: Monitoring – report by Chief Executive
• Internal Audit Quarterly Progress Report - report by Director of Corporate Resources
• Joint Best Value Review of Emergency Planning – final report of Project Board
• Best Value and Scrutiny Programme 2003 to 2006 – report by Scrutiny and Best Value Co-ordinator
• Forward Plan

Meeting: 10 December 2002

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Reconciling Policy and Resources - joint report by Chief Executive and Director of Corporate Resources
• Council Plan : Monitoring Report for April to September 2002 - report by Chief Executive
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
• District Auditor's Annual Audit Letter 2001/02
  • Appendix
• Future Waste Contract Risk Assessment - report by Director of Corporate Resources
• Best Value Review of Children in Public Care - final report of Project Board
• Best Value Review of Services Managed and Delivered through Outsourced Contracts - final report of Project Board
• Best Value Review of Property Services : Monitoring Report - report by Director of Corporate Resources
• Best Value Review of ICT Infrastructure : Monitoring Report - report by Director of Corporate Resources
  • Appendix
• Best Value Reviews and the Comprehensive Performance Assessment - report by Chief Executive
• Forward Plan : December 2002 to March 2003

Meeting: 18 October 2002

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Internal Audit Progress Report - report by Director of Corporate Resources
• Best Value Review of Services for Older People - final report of Project Board
• Update on Best Value Reviews - report by Scrutiny and Best Value Co-ordinator
• Progress Reports on Current Best Value Reviews:
  • Emergency Planning
  • Children in Public Care
  • Outsourced Contracts
  • Early Years Attainment
• Public Relations Support to Best Value and Scrutiny - report by Director of Legal and Community Services
  • Appendix 1
  • Appendix 2
  • Appendix 3
• Forward Plan : October 2002 to February 2003

Meeting: 11 June 2002

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Best Value Performance Plan 2001/02: final quarter and overall performance for 2001/02 - report by Chief Executive and 4th Quarter monitoring reports
• Annual Internal Audit Report for 2001/02 - report by Director of Corporate Resources
• District Auditor's Audit Plan 2001/02
• Best Value and Scrutiny Procedures - report by Director of Legal and Community Services
• Programme of Best Value Reviews 2002/03
• Progress reports on current Best Value Reviews:
  • Older People's Services
  • Children in Public Care
  • Emergency Planning - to follow
  • Outsourced Contracts
• Monitoring schedule for completed Best Value and Scrutiny Reviews
• Forward Plan: 1 June to 30 September

Meeting: 21 May 2002

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Best Value Review of Library Service, Arts and Cultural Strategy - final report of Project Board

Meeting: 21 March 2002

• Agenda
• Minutes
• Best Value Review of Community Safety
• Environment and Landscape Services
• Environmental Management of Buildings
  • Appendix 1 - Framework for Recommendation Action Plan
  • Appendix 2 - Environmental Management of Buildings
• Best Value Review of Building Maintenance
  • Appendix 1 - Implementation Plan for Best Value Recommendations
• Monitoring schedule for completed Best Value and Scrutiny Reviews
• Best Value Review of Library Services, Arts and Cultural Strategy
• Best Value Review of Library Services, Arts & Cultural Strategy: A Report by the Project Board
• Forward Plan of Decisions to be considered by the Cabinet
• Joint Best Value Review of Services for Older People
• Best Value Reviews 2002/2003 - Position as at 13 March 2002
• Audit and Performance Division: 2002/03 strategic plan for internal audit and performance review servicesFamily Support Services
• Best Value Review of Family Support Services

Meeting: 19 February 2002

• Agenda
• Minutes
• ICT Infrastructure - Executive Summary
• ICT Infrastructure Best Value Review Project Board Final Report
• Draft Report - Best Value Review of Property

Meeting: 11 December 2001

• Update on Best Value Review of Economic Development and Scrutiny Review of the Europe Office
• Risk assessment and management
• Capital Programme Investigation
• Interim report on the Best Value review of ICT Infrastructure
• Progress of Best Value Reviews against agreed programme 2001/2002
• Recommendations of Best Value Review of Sustainable Economic Development (Appendix)
• Draft Protocol For Economic Development Work In East Sussex (Appendix)
• Reconciling Policy and Resources
• District Audit's Management Letter
• Environmental Management of Buildings
• Environmental Management of Buildings (Appendix)
• Framework for Recommendation Action Plan - Environmental management of buildings (Appendix)
• Five-year programme of Best Value Reviews (Summary)
• Five Year Programme of Best Value Reviews
• Best Value Inspectorate inspection of the County Council's Best Value Review of Procurement
• Annual Audit Letter
• Corporate Governance Policy and Framework Documents
• Transport & Environment Department contribution to the BVPP
• Forward Plan - Cabinet - 1 December To 31 March 2002
• Corporate Resources Directorate Management & Support Proforma
• Corporate Resources Directorate ICT Proforma
• Corporate Resources Directorate Property Proforma
• Corporate Resources Directorate Finance Proforma
• Corporate Resources Directorate Management & Support Proforma
• Corporate Offices and Telephones Budget Savings

Meeting: 11 September 2001

• Agenda
• Minutes
• 5 Year Programme of Best Value Reviews
• Forward Plan of key decisions to be considered by the Cabinet
• Progress of best value reviews against the timetable for 2001/02 (year 2 of the 5 year programme)
• Public Service Agreement (PSA) for East Sussex
• Reconciling Policy and Resources
• Risk assessment and management

Meeting: 30 July 2001

• Agenda
• Minutes
• The Scrutiny Role under the Constitution
• Best Value Scrutiny Committee
• District Auditor's Report
• Internal Audit Report
• Best Value Performance Targets
• Forward Plan Sept to December 2001
• Best Value Reviews
• Appointment of Project Boards
• Best Value Review - Libraries
• Best Value Review - Older People
• Best Value Review - Community
• Best Value Review - Family Support
• Best Value Review - Environment
• Best Value Review - ICT
• Best Value Review - Property
• Training