Lancashire Combined Fire Authority
Audit Committee

Meeting to be held on 28 November 2023

 

External Audit – Addendum to the Audit Plan

(Appendix 1 refers)

 

Contact for further information:

Steven Brown - Director of Corporate Services – Telephone Number 01772 826804

 

Executive Summary

 

This report provides an update to the audit plan agreed by the Audit Committee on 25 July 2023 to reflect an additional risk identified relating to incomplete or inaccurate information transferred to the new general ledger hosted by Lancashire County Council.

 

Recommendation

 

The Committee is asked to note and endorse the report.

 

Information

 

The additional risk identified will require additional work in order to respond to this risk including a review of the IT environment to document and evaluate controls and map closing balances from the previous ledger to the opening balances in the new ledger.

 

Financial Implications

 

These will be provided in a separate update to the Audit Committee.

 

Business Risk Implications

 

None

 

Environmental Impact

 

None

 

Equality and Diversity Implications

 

None

 

Human Resource Implications

 

None

 

 

Local Government (Access to Information) Act 1985

List of Background Papers

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Reason for inclusion in Part 2 if appropriate: N/A