Joint Independent Audit Committee

Statement of Purpose

The Joint Independent Audit Committee (JIAC) is held quarterly.

Audit:

To provide independent advice and recommendation to the Mayor (for the PCC functions) and the Chief Constable on the adequacy of the governance and risk management frameworks, the internal control environment, and financial reporting, thereby helping to ensure efficient and effective assurance arrangements are in place. To this end, the committee is enabled and required to have oversight of, and to provide an independent review of, the effectiveness of West Yorkshire Police and the Mayor’s (for the PCC functions) governance, risk management and control frameworks, the financial reporting and annual governance processes, and internal audit and external audit.

Reporting:

The committee will report to the Governance and Audit Committee in the Combined Authority and will also review its own effectiveness on an annual basis. It will publish an annual report on the work and findings of the Joint Independent Audit Committee that the communities of West Yorkshire can have confidence in.

Terms of Reference

Terms of reference for the Joint Independent Audit Committee (Word 143KB)

Membership

• Mike Ford (Chair)
• Jeff Colley
• Helen Kemp
• Thilina De Zoysa

Annual Workplan

The JIAC plan and agree their focus areas for committee business in advance via a forward workplan. The workplan can change subject to the need of the different business areas, and by the request of the committee. The workplan is reviewed at each committee meeting.

JIAC workplan (Word, 132KB)

Annual Reports

JIAC Annual Report 2023-24 (WORD 214KB)

JIAC Annual Report 2022 (PDF 188KB)

JIAEC Annual Report 2021 - Audit (PDF 42KB)
JIAEC Annual Report 2021 - Ethics (PDF 35KB)

JIAEC Annual Report 2020 - Audit (PDF 47KB)
JIAEC Annual Report 2020 - Ethics (PDF 35KB)

Meetings, Agendas and Minutes

The Joint Independent Audit and Ethics Committee (JIAEC) was split in 2022 into the Joint Independent Audit Committee (JIAC) and the Joint Independent Ethics Committee (JIEC).

The agendas and minutes of the Joint Independent Audit Committee (JIAC) and the Joint Independent Ethics Committee (JIEC) meetings (before the committees were split) can be found below.

Members agreed, in the interests of transparency, to routinely publish minutes of the meeting with effect from 13 April 2018. To access minutes of meetings prior to the below, please make a 'freedom of information' request via foi.PC@westyorks-ca.gov.uk.