Business Operations and Partnerships Department
Director of Business Operations & Partnerships: Louise Pringle
Council Headquarters, Eastwood Park, Giffnock, East Renfrewshire, G46 6UG
Phone: 0141 577 3000
website: www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
Date: 11 November 2025
When calling please ask for: Linda Hutchison (Tel. No 0141 577 8388)
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TO: Councillor Andrew Morrison (Chair), Tony Buchanan (Vice-Chair), Provost Mary
Montague and Councillors Paul Edlin, Annette Ireland, David Macdonald and Gordon
Wallace.

AUDIT AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
A meeting of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee will be held in the Windsor Suite
Ballroom, Eastwood House Eastwood Park, Giffnock, G46 6UG on

Thursday, 20 November 2025 at 2.00pm.

The agenda of business is as listed below.
Yours faithfully
Louise Pringle
LOUISE PRINGLE
DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS OPERATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS

AGENDA
1. APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

2. DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST
Members are requested to give notice of any declarations of interest in respect of items of business on the Agenda.

3. CHAIR’S REPORT

4. 2024/25 ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR THE COUNCIL’S CHARITABLE TRUSTS
Report by Head of Finance (Chief Financial Officer) (copy attached, pages 5 – 18).

5. TREASURY MANAGEMENT MID-YEAR REPORT FOR 2025/26
Report by Head of Finance (Chief Financial Officer) (copy attached, pages 19 – 34).

6. RESPONSE TO THE ACCOUNTS COMMISSION’S SENIOR OFFICER EXIT PACKAGES RECOMMENDATIONS
Report by Director of Business Operations and Partnerships (copy attached, pages 35 – 38).

7. NATIONAL FRAUD INITIATIVE – UPDATE
Report by Director of Business Operations and Partnerships (copy attached, pages 39
– 42).

8. MANAGING THE RISK OF FRAUD AND CORRUPTION – FRAUD RESPONSE STATEMENT 2024/25
Report by Chief Executive (copy attached, pages 43 – 50).

9. INTERNAL AUDIT PLAN 2025/26 – IMPLEMENTATION PROGRESS – JULY
TO SEPTEMBER 2025 (QUARTER 2)
Report by Chief Auditor (copy attached, pages 51 – 64).


PUBLIC ACCESS TO THIS MEETING OF AUDIT AND SCRUTINY COMMITTEE
There are two options available to members of the press and public to view this meeting of
the Audit and Scrutiny Committee.

Option 1: View a Recording of the Audit and Scrutiny Committee Meeting
Audit and Scrutiny Committee meetings are recorded and published on the Council’s
YouTube channel

www.youtube.com/user/eastrenfrewshire

within 24 hours of the meeting.

Option 2: In Person Attendance at the Audit and Scrutiny Committee Meeting
At this Audit and Scrutiny Committee meeting there will be public access available within Eastwood House. In the Windsor Suite Ballroom (Located on the 1st Floor of Eastwood House) where the meeting is taking place, there will be limited seating in a small public gallery.
Spaces in the Windsor Suite Ballroom are limited and will be allocated by booking on a first come, first served basis. Members of the public who wish to attend must book in
advance by contacting the Democratic Services Team on Tel: 0141 577 3033 or by emailing:
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Important Notice for Attendees in the Windsor Suite Ballroom
Due to the layout, anyone entering the small public gallery in the Windsor Suite Ballroom should be aware that they are likely to appear on the livestream and video recording. By attending in person, you are giving consent to be filmed and included in the publicly accessible webcast and archive footage.

This document can be explained to you in other languages and can be provided in
alternative formats such as large print and Braille. For further information, please
contact Customer First on 0141 577 3001 or email
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You can read available reports/papers on Council webpage here -

www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/audit-and-scrutiny-committee-201125