The report updated members of the Audit Committee on the status of the Council’s 2017/18 Strategic Risk Register.

The strategic and operational risk registers were monitored quarterly by the Corporate Leadership Board (CLB) who would consider the risks, the mitigations and agree the content. 

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

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

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

Reasons for Recommendation

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

In addition, the Risk & Insurance Officer would 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.