Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda.

The accuracy of the Minutes of the meeting of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee held on 26 March 2019 will be confirmed and the Minutes signed in accordance with Paragraph 7 (1) of Schedule 7 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Chief Finance and Transformation Officer on the self-evaluation undertaken to rate progress against the Scottish Government’s Review of progress by integration authorities (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Chief Executive on the Local Government Benchmarking Framework indicators for 2017/18 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Chief Executive on the Equality Mainstreaming and Equality Outcome Reports 2017 – 2018 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the Council’s Annual Governance Statement for 2018-19 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the Councils Strategic Risk Register (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the Council’s Accounting Policies (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the work of Internal Audit during 2018-19 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the progress made by Council services in implementing the agreed actions from Internal Audit and Corporate Fraud reports as at 31 March 2019 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the findings of Internal Audit work completed during March and April 2019 (copy enclosed).

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the work carried out by the Corporate Fraud Team during 2018-19 (copy enclosed).

Any other items which the Chair considers to be urgent.

Resolve in terms of Section 50(A)4 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, to exclude from the Meeting the press and the public for the following item of business on the grounds indicated in terms of Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 7A  of the Act.

Non Disclosure of Information

In terms of Standing Order 19 (Disclosure of Information), the information contained within the following report is confidential information within the meaning of Section 50A of the 1973 Act and shall not be disclosed to any person by any Member or Officer.

Submit report by the Executive Director (Finance and Corporate Support) on the findings of corporate fraud investigations completed between March and April 2019 (copy enclosed).