• Managers Assurance Statements
• Financial Control Assurance
• Committee Assurances
• Corporate and Regulatory Assurance
• Performance Management
• Data Quality
• Risk Management

Internal Audit

annual report including
overall opinion

External Audit

and other

agencies reviews

Review of previous years

statement and

action plan

Combined evidence

to form draft

Annual Governance Statement

Governance Board, including

the Chief Executive to review
and finalise draft
Annual Governance Statement

Governance and Audit

Committee approval of draft

Annual Governance Statement

by the end of June

Governance and Audit

Committee approval of final

Annual Governance Statement

by the end of September

Annual Governance Statement

signed by

Leader and Chief Executive

by the end of September