Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Corporate Director, Resources which highlighted the strategic risks facing the Council and that gave an insight into the work carried out by the Corporate Risk Management Group during (for copy see file of Minutes).

The Risk, Insurance and Governance Manager informed the Committee that there were now 21 strategic risks with the removal of the risk ‘additional burden as a result of recent change to the deprivation of liberty threshold’.

Councillor Temple expressed concern that these reports had never signalled the teaching assistant’s dispute as this was a big risk in terms of education and finance.  The Risk, Insurance and Governance Manager said that the report highlighted emerging risks and advised that management had taken the decision that the teaching assistant’s dispute was being managed.  The Corporate Director of Resources explained that the risk was being mitigated.

Councillor Temple expressed further concerns as to whether risks were objective or being managed in terms of political management.  The Chairman reminded Members that the Committee does not have any political ties.

Councillor C Carr said that he expected managers to advise the Committee of the risks and how they were being dealt with.

Councillor Temple advised that he would put his concerns in writing to the Corporate Director of Resources.

Mr Robinson referred to the Key Risks Schedule and suggested that it would be helpful to have a date of what was required and by when.  He understood the difficulty of having to work to Government criteria, especially when it kept changing, but asked that this be reviewed.

Resolved:

That the report provides assurance that strategic risks were being effectively managed within the risk management framework across the Council.