The report updated members of the Audit Committee on the status of the Council’s 2017/18 Strategic Risk Register and the progress being made across Services in delivering Operational Risk Registers.

A motion was MOVED by Cllr McCheyne and SECONDED by Cllr Rowlands to approve the recommendations in the report.

A vote was taken by a show of hands and it was RESOLVED that:

1.    To agree the amendments to the Strategic Risk Register, as shown in Appendix A, and that the risk scores recorded for each risk accurately represents the current status of each risk.

2.    To agree the risk exposure changes and the new risk, as shown in Appendix B, to the Operational Risks

Reasons for Recommendation

Risk Management continues to be embedded quarterly within the Senior Management Team reports, where Service Heads discuss the top-level risks for their service areas to ensure that the risks are updated to reflect the ongoing changes.

In addition, the Risk & Insurance Officer will continue to work with risk managers to maintain the good progress to date and further develop a consistent application of risk management considerations across all operations of the Council.