The Police and Crime Commissioner and Chief Constable have established a Joint Audit Advisory Committee which is responsible for considering internal and external audit reports and providing independent assurance on financial controls, risk management and governance.

The Committee is made up of five people:

• Phillip Bearpark (Chair)
• Paul Birtles
• Jean Gleave
• Elaine Smith
• Dr Vellore Karthikeyan

The dates of upcoming Audit Advisory Committee meetings can be found in the events section.

Terms of reference

The terms of reference for the Committee is available here.

Meeting documents

Meeting documents from previous years

You can see meeting documents from the last three year's of the Joint Audit Advisory Committee here.

Annual Report

Each year the Committee publish an annual report, highlighting the work they have completed over the past 12 months.

You can read the annual report here.