DIUS Audit & Risk Committee

The DIUS Audit & Risk Committee, which meets five times a year, is a sub-committee of the DIUS Departmental Board and provides an independent oversight, review and advisory role, as part of the process of providing assurance to the Departmental Accounting Officer (the Permanent Secretary) that appropriate standards of governance are met. It is responsible to the Accounting Officer and the Departmental Board and advises on corporate governance, audit, risk management and internal control issues across the Department where the Accounting Officer has overarching financial responsibility. The current Chair is Alan Aubrey, a non executive Board member and its membership is a combination of non-executive Board members and independent external members.

Full details are contained in the DIUS Audit & Risk Committee - Terms of Reference (MS Word Document 58KB)