Agenda - Senedd Commission Audit and Risk Assurance Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Conference room 4B/Teams

Meeting date: 10 February 2025

Meeting time: 10.00
For further information contact:

Clerk: Kathryn Hughes

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6543

Kathryn.Hughes@senedd.wales

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1 Introductions, apologies and declaration of interests

Oral item

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2 Minutes of 18 November, actions and matters arising

(Pages 1 - 21)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 1 - Draft Minutes 18.11.24
ARAC (25-01) Paper 2 - Summary of actions
ARAC (25-01) Paper 3 – Cyber Assessment Framework
ARAC (25-01) Paper 4 - Bay32 Gateway Review Stage 2 Actions

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3 Consider Internal Audit Plan for 2025-26

(Pages 22 - 35)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 5 - Internal Audit Strategy 2024-25 to 2026-27 (Validera)

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4 Internal Audit Plan progress update

(Pages 36 - 43)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 6 - Internal Audit Progress Report (Validera) - Jan 25

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5 Audit Wales - February update

(Pages 44 - 49)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 7 - Audit Wales Update Feb 2025

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6 Budget Setting Strategy (including budget development and MTRF process)

(Pages 50 - 56)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 8 – Budget Setting Strategy

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7 Annual Review of accounting policies

(Pages 57 - 64)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 9 – Annual Review of Accounting Policies

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8 Governance Update Report

(Pages 65 - 67)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 10 – Governance Update Report

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9 Update on the use of Artificial Intelligence across the Commission

Oral item

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10 In-year report on data breaches

(Pages 68 - 69)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 11 - Data Breaches

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11 Corporate Risks

(Pages 70 - 103)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 12 - Corporate Risk
ARAC (25-01) Paper 12 - Corporate Risk - Annex A - Summary Corporate Risk Report
ARAC (25-01) Paper 12 - Corporate Risk - Annex B - Corporate Risks Plotted

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12 Critical examination of one identified corporate risk or topical issue - Senedd Reform driven estates projects

Refer to paper 12 – item 11

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13 Departure Summary

(Page 104)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 13 – Departure Summary

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14 Forward work programme

(Pages 105 - 109)

Attached Documents:
ARAC (25-01) Paper 14 - Forward Work Programme

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15 ARAC Annual Report

Oral item

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16 People and Remuneration Project (HR/Payroll system)

Oral item

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17 Ways of Working

Oral item

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18 Seventh Senedd

Oral item

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19 Any Other Business

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