The Council receives regular reports from our external regulators, other regulators and inspectors, including Audit Wales, Care Inspectorate of Wales, Estyn and others, which includes national studies and bespoke local work. Where reports by an external auditor, other regulator or inspector contain specific local recommendations it is important that they receive proper consideration by both officers and members and are responded to. 

Statutory guidance made under Section 85 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2011, advises the Governance and Audit Committees should receive and consider reports from external auditors, other regulators and inspector and since 2014 arrangements have been made for local reports issued by external auditors, regulators and inspectors to be tracked and reported to the Governance and Audit Committee annually to assure that such reports have been considered and responded to.