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Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority

Governance Committee Item

30 April 2007

Audit and Inspection Plan 2007/08

Report by the Chief Officer

Contact: David Howells, Director of Corporate Services Tel: 02380 626835

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Summary

Attached to this report as Appendix A (for Members of the Committee only) is the Audit Commission's Audit Plan for 2007/08. The Authority's external auditors will be at the meeting to present the Plan and to answer any questions Members may have.

The Committee will note that Appendix 1 of the Plan highlights five specific risks which will be specifically examined with the aim of assessing the arrangements put in place by the Authority to manage them. These will be cross-checked with the Authority's Strategic Risk Register to ensure that controls are in place to reduce or eliminate the likelihood of the risk occurring and/or strategies are planned to mitigate the impact of the risk.

The Plan also refers to the requirement to carry out a further assessment of `Use of Resources' - essentially an update of progress since the 2006/07 assessment in which the Authority scored `3' - performing well.

The Plan is available electronically on our website.

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That the Audit Commission's Audit and Inspection Plan for 2007/08 be received and noted.

Equality Impact Assessment

The proposals within this report are considered compatible with the provisions of the European Convention on Human Rights, the Human Rights Act 1998, and the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000.

Background Information (Section 100D of Local Government Act 1972)

The following documents disclose the facts or matters on which this report, or an important part of it, is based and has been relied upon to a material extent in the preparation of the report:

_ Audit Commission - Audit and Inspection Plan - Hampshire Fire and Rescue Authority - March 2007

Note: The list excludes: (1) published works; and (2) documents that disclose exempt or confidential information defined in the Act.