The report updated members of the Regulatory & Governance Committee on the status of the Council’s 2018/19 Strategic Risk Register and the progress being made across Services in delivering Operational Risk Registers.

The strategic risk register had been reviewed by senior officers and risk scored had been adjusted accordingly. 

Members suggested that all risks had associated target dates to monitor progress.

Cllr Tumbridge MOVED and Cllr Ms Rowlands SECONDED to approve the recommendation in the report subject to the following amendment:

1.    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 with the exception of risks 5 and 11 which should be raised to “red”.

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

1.    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 with the exception of risks 5 and 11 which should be raised to “red”.

2.    To agree the risk exposure changes, as shown in Appendix B (of the report), to the Operational Risks.

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.