Agenda item

Consideration was given to the Regulator & Inspectorate Reports and Ceredigion County Council Responses. The Report sets out Regulator and Inspectorate Reports and updates along with Council responses regarding progress made against proposals and recommendation. It has 3 parts:

a) Audit Wales quarterly update to Governance and Audit Committee

b) Any local risk work issued/published since the last Governance and Audit Committee meeting

c) Audit Wales National Reports

 Current Position

a)       Audit Wales quarterly update to Governance and Audit Committee

•         Audit Wales – Ceredigion Q4 Work Programme and Timetable

b) Any local risk work issued/published since the last Governance and Audit Committee meeting

•         Audit Wales – Certification of Grants and Returns 2022-23 – Ceredigion County Council

•         Audit Wales – Ceredigion County Council – Audit Plan 2024

•         Audit Wales – Ceredigion County Council Harbour Authority Annual Return Audit Plan 23-24

c) Organisational Response Forms

•         Audit Wales – ‘Cracks in the Foundations?’  Building safety in Wales ‘Cracks in the Foundations’ – Building Safety in Wales (audit.wales)

•         ORF – ‘Cracks in the Foundations?’ Building Safety in Wales

•         Ceredigion County Council Building Control Local Action Plan

•         Audit Wales – Digital Strategy Review – Ceredigion County Council Digital Strategy Review – Ceredigion County Council (audit.wales)

•         ORF – Digital Strategy Review

•         Audit Wales – ‘A Missed Opportunity’ – Social Enterprises ‘A missed opportunity’ – Social Enterprises (audit.wales)

•         ORF – ‘A Missed Opportunity’ – Social Enterprises

•         Audit Wales – Springing Forward- Strategic Asset Management Ceredigion County Council - Springing Forward - Strategic Asset Management (audit.wales)

•         ORF – Springing Forward – Strategic Asset Management – Ceredigion County Council

d) Audit Wales National Reports

 None

Following questions from the floor, it was AGREED to: -

(i) note the Regulator and Inspectorate reports and updates;

(ii) note the Council’s response (Management/Organisational ResponseForms) and the input by the Officers and Audit Wales accordingly at the meeting; and

(iii) that other regulators reports (inc.CIW & Estyn) were added as a standing item in future reports