Joint Audit Committee
The Joint Audit Committee scrutinises internal processes, spending and risk management policies. It also has the power to review finance issues referred by the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Chief Constable and monitor internal control processes, audit reports and the annual statements of accounts.
Members are paid a daily rate of £211.50 (half rate for half days).
Read the Joint Audit Committee Annual Report 2022/23
If you'd like a version you can download, you can do that here: JAC Annual Report 2022/23 in a Word Document version.
Meeting dates
The next Joint Audit Committee meetings will take place on 4th December 2024.
Joint Audit Committee meetings are usually held in the Office of the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner, Sutton Road, Maidstone, ME15 9BZ, but they are held virtually too. You can watch live by clicking this link: Live Stream JAC meeting.
Members of the public or media are welcome to attend these meetings but should notify the OPCC in advance, by calling 01622 677055 or by emailing our office.​
Joint Audit Committee meeting papers are published below.
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Papers for the meeting on 4th December 2024. If you'd like to watch the meeting live, please see the link above.
0.3 Live JAC Matters Arising - 2024
04. Previous September JAC Minutes
07. Audit Recommendations Tracker Nov 24
08a. CB Gen 06.24 Internal Audit Code of Practice
08b. Emergency Services News Briefing August 2024
10. HMICFRS JAC Inspection Update - Dec 2024
11. 23 KP GPS Reset - Completion report for Those Charged with Governance
12. JAC Treasury Management Mid Year 24.25
13a. OPCC Risk Register-Covering Report
14. Kent Police Gifts and Hospitality 2024 (Redacted)
14. OPCC Gifts & Hospitality Register (2023-24)
15. JAC annual report 2023-2024
Here are the papers for the JAC meeting on 18th September 2024.
08. Audit Recommendations Tracker Final
09. Progress Report September 2024
10. Emergency Services Benchmarking Report 2023.24
12. Fraud Whistleblowing Counter Corruption 2024
12a. Appendix A - SOP P01a - Reporting Wrongdoing and Whistleblowing
12b. Appendix B - SOP P02e - Gifts and Hospitality
13. HMICFRS JAC Inspection Update - 18Sep24
14. Kent Police 2023-24 Audit Progress Report
15. JAC Treasury Management End of Year 23.24 Final
03. JAC Matters Arising - 2024
07. Annual-report-2022-23wsitefinal
08. JAC Audit Recommendations Tracker
09. Progress Report June 2024 Kent Police
10. Annual Report 2023.24 Kent Police
11. P12 Draft Outturn Report 23-24 for JAC.
12. HMICFRS JAC Inspection Update - 20Jun24
03. JAC Matters Arising - 2024
06. Victims Satisfaction Survey JAC March 2024
07. Joint Audit Committee Report 1
10. JAC Audit Recommendations Tracker
11. Q3 Report and MTFP Update for JAC
11a. CFO Report - 2024-25 final v3
11c. Annex B Reserves Strategy
11d. Annex B1 - Reserves Final PCP version.xlsx
12. HMICFRS JAC Inspection Update
13a. Internal Audit Plan 2024-25
13b. Progress Report March 2024
13c. Final Emerging Risk Radar January 2024 3rd Edition
13d. Taking action to drive improvement
13e. Global Internal Audit Standards
15a. Treasury Management Strategy 202425 final
15b. MRP Strategy 2024-25 final
15c. Appendix A Prudential Indicators 24.25 final
16. Local Code of Governance v9
17. OPCC Risk Register February 24
17a. OPCC Risk Register-Covering Report
Joint Audit Committee meeting papers
05. HMICFRS_Value for Money Profile 2021-22
07. Kent PCC Annual-report-2022-23
08. JAC Audit Recommendations Tracker
10. HMICFRS JAC Inspection Update - 6Dec23
11a. Kent Police Annual Report 2022.23
11b. Kent Police Progress Report December 2023
13. JAC Treasury Management Mid Year
14a. OPCC Risk Register-Covering Report
14b. OPCC Risk Register Additional Dec 23
15a. Kent Police Force Gifts and Hospitality 2022-2023
15b. OPCC Gifts Hospitality Register
Joint Audit Committee Meeting Papers
JAC Matters Arising-Final for meeting
August 4th - FINAL Statement of Acts & AGS Minutes
08. HMICFRS JAC FMS Update - 26Sept23
09. HMICFRS JAC Inspection Update - 26Sept23
10. September 23 JAC Audit Recommendations Tracker
11. Emergency services News Briefing Aug 23
11a. Emergency Services Benchmarking Report 2022.23
13. Finance Paper P4 Outturn Report for JAC
14. JAC report - Fraud Whistleblowing Counter Corruption 2023
14a. JAC report - Fraud Appendix A
14b. JAC report - Fraud Appendix B
14c. JAC report - Fraud Appendix C
14d. JAC report - Fraud Appendix D
14e. JAC report - Fraud Appendix E
14f. JAC report - Fraud Appendix F
15. Treasury Management End of Year Annual Report 22.23
16a. OPCC Risk Register-Covering Report
Joint Audit Committee meeting papers
04. Matters Arising Final for Meeting
07. JAC Audit Recommendations Tracker
08a. Internal Audit Progress Report June 2023
08b. Internal Audit Annual Report 2022.23
09. External audit outline plan
13. JAC vetting report (May 2023)
Joint Audit Committee meeting papers
JAC Audit Recommendations Tracker
Audit Committee members
David spent the early part of his career as an academic at the universities of Bath and Birmingham before qualifying as a chartered public finance accountant. He has wide experience in public sector financial management and held board-level posts for 15 years in policing organisations including as the first Accounting Officer for the College of Policing.
David currently works as a finance practitioner, which he combines with a number of non-executive roles. He is a member of the Citizens Advice audit and risk committee, the audit and risk committee of the Valuation Tribunal Service, the Housing Ombudsman, the finance committee of a clinical commissioning group, and two local authorities’ audit and standards committees.
David is also a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy’s regulatory panel and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
Vivienne's career was in the civil service. She retired from the Office of Fair Trading where she was Chief Executive for its closure. Her early career was in the Home Office. A qualified accountant, other roles included Director of Resources at the Health and Safety Executive, and Chief Executive of the Police Information Technology Organisation.
Since retirement Vivienne has focused on charity trustee roles and she chairs several finance and/or audit committees. She is also heavily involved in school governance, has been on the Interim Executive Board of a school in special measures, and now chairs two education governing bodies.
Vivienne is married with two adult children. Apart from family, home and garden - and a passion for modern architecture - she enjoys doing very little, preferably in Italy.
Karen has worked in internal audit within Government all of her career. While completing her training she worked in local government in Wales and latterly Kent. During the course of her eight years with Kent County Council she provided assurance over a breadth of activities including the magistrates service, the education service and social services as well as leading on audits of Kent Police.
Karen subsequently spent 18 years in the Home Office fulfilling various roles including Head of Internal Audit for the National Crime Agency and the Independent Police Complaints Commission, as well as Head of Audit for HM Passport Office and the Independent Safeguarding Authority (now the Disclosure and Barring Service).
Karen is currently a Group Chief Internal Auditor with the Government Internal Audit Agency. Having fulfilled this role for the Department of Work and Pensions she recently changed portfolio and has responsibility for the Department for Health and Social Care.
Having had a career in or around policing Karen finds the sector interesting and, as a resident, she is passionate about giving back to the area in which she lives.
Angus’ career has been focused on the financial services industry. Primarily based in the City of London, he oversaw projects and transactions on a worldwide basis as a Director within the legal department of a major bank.
He has extensive experience of risk control in both strategic and operational contexts and sat on, and chaired, a number of risk committees during his career. He also has experience of dealing with UK, European and US regulatory bodies on a wide range of risk issues.
In the last few years Angus was at the forefront of setting up a new UK investment bank, including the purchase of a significant number of assets which, when completed, saw the new bank become the 11th largest UK bank by asset base.
Combined with other work Angus is also an Ambassador for the Queen Elizabeth Foundation, a charity focused on the rehabilitation of people with a variety of physical and learning disabilities, both from birth and acquired either through accidents or through ill health.
Angus is married with a son and daughter. His interests include gardening, sport, travel and sports cars.
Sue has spent her career in the voluntary and public sector. She is particularly interested in governance and believes that many organizational failures are due to poor governance.
Her main work commitments have been as a Civil Servant in the Department of Health and Home Office, chief executive of a Police Authority, company secretary to two Clinical Commissioning Groups, and a Non-Executive Director of a local Clinical Commissioning Group. She has been on the management committee of several charities and is currently working part-time as company secretary for a health charity. In addition to her work on the Joint Audit Committee, she is about to be a member of the Risk and Audit Committee of Canterbury Cathedral.
Sue has a PhD in Ancient History (Sydney University), an MA in Manpower Studies (Westminster University), and is a qualified Company Secretary.
Outside work, Sue plays the piano and loves walking her dog Beuno (rhymes with rhino) who is a cockerpoo.