Issue - meetings

Report attached.

The Joint Committee was advised that 15% of the approximately 400 days of the audit plan were specifically for oneSource services. The plan was also linked to other audits in each Council such as the Havering data warehouse and council tax & business rates in Newham.

A new interim oneSource head of assurance, with experience of working in another shared service, had started whilst permanent recruitment took place. It was anticipated that the permanent post would be advertised within the next week. It was hoped the new permanent head of assurance would be in post by the second half of the current financial year.

Audits across oneSource were being aligned together and senior staff were now moving between boroughs. This would be extended to more junior staff over the next year.

The Joint Committee noted the report and agreed the oneSource audit plan.