The Internal Audit service is responsible for providing assurance to the Service Director Finance, the Audit Committee, our External Auditors (The Audit Commission) and service managers that controls are in place across the council to safeguard public funds and assets.
We have an annual plan that is refreshed each year to ensure key risks in areas are evaluated.
We also investigate referrals received from the public, staff and police where it is suspected that a fraud may have occurred
We report regularly to the Audit Committee on the outcome of our work and advises Members on the adequacy of the internal control arrangements
The Internal Audit service provide a quarterly fraud newsletter (Fraud Focus available to download below). The purpose of the newsletter is to provide information about the work of various council sections in safeguarding public funds. It also gives general advice about how our staff and residents of North Lincolnshire can protect council money and their own from attempts of fraudsters.
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