Report of the Chief Executive

This report sought consideration of the Council’s statutory auditor, Ernst & Young LLP, to provide the Committee with the External Audit Plan which set out how they intended to carry out their responsibilities as auditor.  The Audit Plan’s purpose was to provide the Committee with a basis to review the proposed audit approach and scope for the 2020/21 audit in accordance with regulations.

The Committee asked a number of questions in relation to the risk regarding the merger of Hambleton District Council into the new North Yorkshire Council which were responded to at the meeting.

The decision:

That the Audit Plan, the audit approach, the scope for the 2020/21 audit and the proposed fee structure for the 2020/21 audit be noted.