Annual Review and Reporting

The Section 151 Officer and Monitoring Officer have been given responsibility to oversee the implementation and monitor the operation of the Local Code of Corporate Governance, and through the Governance Board and the East Kent Audit Partnership will periodically review these arrangements and each will contribute to the annual assessment process.  The review of our governance arrangements is an ongoing process.

Annually, there will be a review of the effectiveness of the Council's system of internal control, which shall inform the Annual Governance Statement, which the Leader and Chief Executive will be required to sign.

The outcome of the annual review is reported internally to the Governance and Audit Committee, and externally through the Annual Governance Statement accompanying the published accounts, this provides an assurance that:

• governance arrangements are adequate and operating effectively in practice, and
• where the review has revealed gaps, action is planned that will ensure effective governance in future.

Following the annual review of the Governance Framework and Local Code of Corporate Governance all Members and Officers of the Council will be notified through appropriate means, such as Members briefings and staff development sessions, as examples.

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• Governance Framework - Foreword
• Introduction
• Principles behind Governance
• Effective Governance
• Annual Governance Statement
• Annual Governance Statement Preparation
• Annual Governance Statement Process
• Annual Governance Statement Timetable
• Annual Review and Reporting
• Document History

Nikki Morris

Business Support and Compliance Manager

E-mail:

nikki.morris
@thanet.gov.uk

Tel: 01843 577625