Agenda

In the event of a fire, please await direction from the West of England Combined Authority staff who will help assist with the evacuation. Please do not return to the building until instructed to do so by the fire warden(s).

To receive any apologies for absence from Members.

Members who consider that they have an interest to declare are asked to: a) state the agenda item in which they have an interest; b) the nature of the interest;

c) whether the interest is a disclosable pecuniary interest, non-disclosable pecuniary interest or non-pecuniary interest. Any Member who is unsure about the above should seek advice from the Monitoring Officer prior to the meeting in order to expedite matters at the meeting itself.

To approve the minutes of the meeting of the West of England Combined Authority Audit Committee held on 12 July 2018.

If you wish to present a petition or make a statement, you are required to submit this

by 12 noon on the working day before the meeting by e-mail to

 democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk  For this meeting, this means that your submission must be received in this office by 12 noon on Wednesday 7 November 2018.

If you wish to ask a question at the meeting, you are required to submit the question in writing to democratic.services@westofengland-ca.gov.uk no later than 3 working days before the meeting.   For this meeting, this means that your question(s) must be received in this office by the end of Friday 2 November 2018.

In presenting any statements at the meeting, members of the public can speak for up to 3 minutes each. The total time for this session is 30 minutes so speaking time will be reduced if more than 10 people wish to speak.  All statements will be circulated in advance of the meeting to the committee members

To update the committee on Internal Audit work.

To consider the External Auditor’s Annual Audit Letter for the year ending 31 March 2018.

To consider the External Auditor’s progress report and sector update.

To provide a draft risk management framework for the West of England Combined Authority and to seek comments from members prior to finalisation of the framework.

To provide an updated Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the West of England Combined Authority and to seek members’ comments.