Agenda item

The Committee considered a report of the Corporate Director of Resources which highlighted the strategic risks facing the Council and to give an insight into the work carried out by the Corporate Risk Management Group between June and September 2021 (for copy see file of minutes).

In response to queries from Mr Robinson regarding high-scoring risks for which the controls are considered adequate and how the Audit Committee consider external assurance reports from independent bodies, the Risk, Insurance and Governance Manager explained that he would link in with the responsible risk owners to confirm the adequacy of internal controls in place and would provide further detail to the committee as may be applicable. In relation to the assurance reports from independent bodies, the Interim Chief Internal Auditor and Corporate Fraud Manager advised that Audit capture the outputs from external reviews through the Council’s Annual Governance Statement and added that he would look to see whether more detail could be included about these as they are reported to the Council in the Risk Management report.

Resolved:

That the report be agreed.