Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 23 September 2023

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 23 September 2023.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries/Introductions/Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes (07/23) / Matters Arising / Audit Tracker (08/23)
  3. Audit and Assurance Update (09/23)
  4. Internal Audit – Progress Report (10-23)
  5. Scottish Forestry Annual Report and Accounts 2022/2023 (11-23)
  6. External Audit Annual Audit report 2022-2023 (12-23)
  7. Information Governance Group Highlight Report (13-23)
  8. AOB

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 26 March 2024

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 26 March 2024.

Minutes covered:

  1. Minutes / Matters Arising / Audit Tracker
  2. Internal Audit – Progress Report (03/24, 04/24)
  3. Finance Update (Paper 05/24)
  4. Risk Assessment (06/24)
  5. External Audit (07/24)
  6. Corporate Appetite Risk Statement (08/24, 09/24)
  7. Information Governance Group Quarterly Update (10/24)

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 28 May 2024

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 28 May 2024.

Minutes covered:

  1. Welcome, introductions, declarations of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising
  3. Audit Tracker
  4. Internal Audit Progress Report
  5. Internal Audit Annual Assurance Opinion 2023-24
  6. Draft Governance Statement
  7. Losses & Special Payments
  8. External Audit Update from Grant Thornton
  9. Update on Business Continuity Arrangements
  10. Quarterly Information Governance Report
  11. AOB

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 29 March 2023

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 29 March 2023.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries / Introductions / Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising
  3. Audit Recommendations Tracker and Risk update (14/22)
  4. Internal Audit - Progress Report and Annual Plan (15/22)
  5. External Audit – Planning & Risk Assessment (16/22)
  6. Gifts (17/22)
  7. National Fraud Initiative Update (18/22)
  8. AOB
  9. Discussion between Non-Executives and Auditors

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 30 March 2022

Audit and Assurance Committee Minutes for 30 March 2022.


Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes - 5 December 2023

Audit & Assurance Committee Minutes from 5 December 2023.

Minutes covered:

  1. Preliminaries/Introductions/Conflicts of interest
  2. Minutes / Matters Arising / Audit Tracker
  3. Internal Audit – Progress Report (16/23)
  4. Finance Update (17/23)
  5. Update from Information Governance Group (18/23)
  6. Declaration of official gifts (19/23)
  7. Discussion between Non-Executives and Auditors

Audit and Assurance Committee - Terms of reference

Terms of reference for the Audit and Assurance Committee.


Audit and Assurance Committee Minutes - 11 October 2022

Audit and Assurance Committee Minutes for 11 October 2022.


Audit and Assurance Committee minutes - 7 December 2021

Audit and Assurance Committee minutes for 7 December 2021.


Audit and Assurance Committee minutes - 9 March 2021

Audit and Assurance Committee minutes from 9 March 2021.


Audit and Assurance Committee minutes - September 2021

Audit and Assurance Committee minutes for September 2021.