To support the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief
Constable to discharge their responsibilities by providing independent
assurance on the adequacy of their corporate governance, risk
management arrangements and the associated control environments
and the integrity of financial statements and reporting.
The Chief Executive of the Commission will nominate an officer from
the Commissioner’s Office to act as Secretary to the Committee.
Currently this is the Strategic Resources Manager.
The duties of the Committee shall be:
A Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Internal Control
and the Regulatory Framework
To support the PCC, Chief Constable and statutory officers in ensuring
effective governance arrangements are in place and are functioning
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efficiently and effectively, across the whole of the Commission’s and
Force’s activities, making any recommendations for improvement, to
support the achievement of the organisations’ objectives.
Specific annual activities of the Committee will include:
B External Financial Reporting
To scrutinise the draft statements of accounts and annual governance
statements prior to approval by the Commissioner and Chief Constable
and publication. The Committee will challenge where necessary the
actions and judgements of management, and make any
recommendations as
appropriate, to ensure the integrity of the statements.
Particular attention should be paid to the following:
C Internal Audit
The Committee shall monitor and review the internal audit function to
ensure that it meets mandatory Internal Audit Standards and Public
Sector Internal Standards and provides appropriate independent
assurance to the Audit Committee, Chief Executive of the Commission,
the Commissioner and Chief Constable.
This will be achieved by:
D External Audit
The Committee shall review and monitor External Audit’s independence
and objectivity and the effectiveness of the audit process.
This will be achieved by consideration of:
E Other Assurance Functions
The Committee shall review the findings of other significant assurance
functions, both internal and external to the organisation.
F Counter Fraud
The Committee shall satisfy itself:
The agenda for each meeting of the Committee shall normally include
the following:
The Committee is accountable to the Commissioner and Chief Constable.
We are deeply saddened by the death of His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. We join the nation in a period of mourning and extend our condolences to the Royal Family.