Issue - meetings

To receive the Corporate Risk Register.

The Audit, Governance & Procurement Lead Manager presented the Corporate Risk Register.  This was a key building block of good governance and included those risks that could impact on the council’s abilities to deliver services and objectives. 

The Corporate Risk Register set out each risk together with its rationale, how the risks were scored and the likelihood of the risk occurring.   The Risk Register also detailed each strategic risk, how this was scored/ the residual score and what the local authority were doing to manage risks after taking into account any actions required to manage it.

Audit Committee were presented with the Corporate Risk Register a minimum of three times per year and it was also presented to the Senior Management Team and all risks identified in the Risk Register were current and up to date.

Members thanked officers for the informative document that made them aware of all the risks across the council.   It was asked if the Corporate Risk Register was a live document and if a risk or a changes to national security was identified that could impact the council, would the register be reviewed immediately.

The Audit, Governance & Procurement Lead Manager assured Members that although there continued to be a changing landscape around risks, that the council was doing all it could to ensure risks were being managed and any future risks taken into account.  The Risk Register was a live document and it was presented to Senior Management Team on a regular basis and any specific risks were allocated as appropriate.

Members noted the report.