Issue - meetings

This report presents the quarterly Leadership Risk Register as at 31 October 2014. The Audit and Governance Committee reviews the Leadership Risk Register, on a monthly basis, at their meetings.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee]

That the amendments to the layout and content of the Leadership Risk Register, Annex 1 to the submitted report, be noted and the control actions put in place by the Statutory Responsibilities Network (SRN) be endorsed.

Reasons for Decisions:

To enable the Cabinet to keep the Council’s strategic risks under review and to ensure that appropriate action is being taken to mitigate risks in the most effective way.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Council Overview and Scrutiny Committee]

The Cabinet Member for Business Services said that the quarterly Leadership Risk Register was a ‘living document’, which the Audit and Governance Committee reviewed on a monthly basis, at their meetings. She considered that the risks for the County Council were escalating, due to capped funding from Central Government and the increased demand for Council services.  

The Cabinet recognised the importance of the risk register and acknowledged that some of the risks were outside the control of the Council. However, it was important to recognise them and take appropriate action to mitigate them.

Members due attention to the following risks:

·    Safeguarding in Children’s Services and Adult Social Care

·    Medium Term Financial Plan 2014 – 2019

·    Comprehensive Spending Assessment 2015

·    Staff Resilience to change and demand pressure

Finally, the Cabinet Member for Business Services thanked the Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning for his input in compiling the data for the risk register, and its format and she also highlighted the table on movement of risks appended to the report.

RESOLVED:

That the amendments to the layout and content of the Leadership Risk Register, Annex 1 to the submitted report, be noted and the control actions put in place by the Statutory Responsibilities Network (SRN) be endorsed.

Reasons for Decisions:

To enable the Cabinet to keep the Council’s strategic risks under review and to ensure that appropriate action is being taken to mitigate risks in the most effective way.