Report Summary
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Meeting
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Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee - 7 November 2023
Date : 07 November 2023
Location : online
Management Action Follow-up
Appendix B summarises the progress made by Police Scotland, Forensic Services and SPA in implementing previously agreed internal audit actions. Internal audit validate the closure of actions with targeted timeline in Q2 2023.
The total number of open actions has moved as follows:
Previously open 46
Add New 7
Less Closed 22
Remaining Open 31
46 out of 53 recommendations are raised by the previous auditors with their rating methodology, which is included in the Internal Audit Progress Report Page 17.
Of the 53 recommendations, there is 1 recommendation rated Medium related to Business Continuity Planning – Forensic Services was not implemented and have a new target date of 31 December 2023. The Could not be tested recommendations related to Benefits Realisation and Efficiency Target were reported in August 2023 ARAC.
The 2 Medium rated recommendations related to DESC Readiness Review are superseded. One recommendation focussed on improvements to the CaseLines system, which is no longer being progressed, the other related to the Milestone 3 Tracker which was superseded by a Go/No Go Tracker.
