Issue - meetings

Councillor Lelliott, Cabinet Member, Jobs and the Local Economy, together with Damian Wilson, Strategic Director, presented the Regeneration and Environment’s Directorate Risk Register and risk management activity in particular highlighting:-

-          How the Register was maintained/monitored and at what frequency

-          Cabinet Member involvement

-          How risks were included on/removed from the Register

-          Anti-fraud activity in the Directorate

Discussion ensued with the following issues raised:-

·           The new Emergency Plan had been tested at desktop but needed a “live” test

·           The performance of the Risk Register was monitored fortnightly at Directorate Leadership Team meetings

·           The recent retendering of the Home to School Transport contract and the proposed changes to Policy which was to be submitted to Cabinet in September 2017

·           Current status of the Local Plan

Resolved:- That the progress and current position in relation to risk management activity in the Regeneration and Environment’s Directorate be noted.

Simon Dennis, Corporate Risk Manager, presented the current Strategic Risk Register which took account of updates from Directorates, the Strategic Leadership Team and the Audit Committee. 

The Register was currently updated every 6 weeks with the latest updated presented to the Strategic Leadership Team on 25^th October, 2016. 

The current Register had been constructed from updates provided by risk owners.  There were 2 new risks, 9 that had been removed and 2 that had been merged into 1 giving a total of 18 risks.

In the majority of cases, the risks that had been removed were due to the risk now being managed at Directorate rather than Strategic level.  This was a reflection of the increasing maturity of the Risk management process as well as the Strategic Leadership Team’s wish to focus on risks that were crosscutting or strategic in nature.

Resolved:-  That the updated Strategic Risk Register be noted.