- Welcome and introductions
	  
	- Apologies for absence
	  
	- Declarations of interest
	  
	- Approve minutes of 10 October 2019
	  
	- Matters arising - action log
	(attached)
	  
	- CEO/ Accounting Officer verbal update 
	  
	-  Internal Audit Progress Report 
	Confidential item - no paper attached 
	  
	- HR and payroll system final report
	Confidential item - no paper attached 
	  
	- Internal and external audit follow-up report of outstanding recommendations (joint report with RSM) 
	Confidential item - no paper attached 
	  
	- 2020-21 Internal audit work plan
	Confidential item - no paper attached 
	  
	- Audit planning for the 2019-20 Financial Statement Audit update
	Confidential item - no paper attached 
	  
	- Peer reviews
	Confidential item - no paper attached 
	  
	- Strategic Risk Register and Assurance Map
	Confidential item - no paper attached 
	  
	- Mandatory Financial Reporting 
	  
	- The Forward Plan of the Audit and Risk Assurance Committee
	attached
	  
	- Date of next meeting
	26 May 2020