Issue - meetings

Officers had provided the Committee with a report updating the broad Corporate Risks the organisation faced, the ratings applied to them and the mitigations and planned actions identified and documented through the risk management activity of the council.

The review of the Risk Management Policy and Strategy had been delayed as part of the review and restructure of the Audit and Risk Service. The Policy and Strategy had now been revised and had been presented for approval.

Risk Management would also be considered as part of the current CIPFA and SOLACE consultation on ‘Governance’ expected late April 2016. This might impact on the future risk management approach.

The Committee had questioned the risk rating given for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Failures. Even after the mitigating actions/controls had been taken into account the Committee had still considered the rating to be high. Officers explained that they had taken a cautious approach. An exercise had been planned to test the efficiency and resilience of the plans. The Deputy Chief Executive and Group Director Communities and Resources assured the Committee that this would not be a major issue.

The External Auditor suggested that it might be helpful to include an additional column in the plan to indicate direction of travel.

The Committee had noted the report and the addition of the direction of travel.