Board meetings
Our approach to the publication of Board minutes
The Audit Commission’s Corporate Governance Framework reserves the approval of the minutes of Board meetings to the Board alone. At each Board meeting, Commissioners are asked to approve the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record. Following their approval, the minutes are reviewed and prepared for publication.
During the review period that follows the Board’s approval of the minutes, the Commission will consider whether any information should be withheld. Where this is the case, the exemption will be clearly indicated and explained in the published version of the minutes, and will be in accordance with one or more of the exemptions defined by the Freedom of Information Act. An explanation of exemptions that appear in board minutes is available.
To help ensure transparency and accountability, the Audit Commission will publish only the actual Board minutes, and not a summary.
The Commission aims to publish the minutes within ten working days of the meeting at which they were approved. This timetable means that the Commission can manage its resources whilst disclosing the optimum amount of information on a regular basis. Previous Board agenda and sets of Board minutes can be found below.
Agenda and minutes
14 March 2013
8 November 2012
20 September 2012
- Agenda: Audit Commission Board meeting on 20 September 2012
- Minutes: Audit Commission Board meeting on 20 September 2012
26 July 2012
- Agenda: Audit Commission Board meeting on 26 July 2012
- Minutes: Audit Commission Board meeting on 26 July 2012
14 June 2012
- Agenda: Audit Commission Board meeting on 14 June 2012
- Minutes: Audit Commission Board meeting on 14 June 2012
22 March 2012
- Agenda: Audit Commission Board meeting on 22 March 2012
- Minutes: Audit Commission Board meeting on 22 March 2012