Issue - meetings

That the content of the Leadership risk register, as set out in Annex 1of the submitted report be noted and the control actions put in place by the Statutory Responsibilities Network 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 to a tolerable level 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 Leadership Risk Register was presented to Cabinet each quarter and this report set out the Council’s key strategic risks, as at 31 January 2015. Since it was last presented to the Cabinet in November 2014, the Leadership Risk Register had been reviewed by the Audit and Governance Committee, the Strategic Risk Forum, the Statutory Responsibilities Network and the Directors reporting to the Chief Executive.

She also referred to the residual risk levels for each risk, as set out in the report, and said that there would be a workshop on 24 March 2015 to specifically review the Leadership Risk Register.

The Cabinet Member for Public Health and the Health and Wellbeing Board referred to risk L4 and said it should be noted that the Surrey Better Care Fund Plan had now been approved.

RESOLVED:

That the content of the Leadership risk register, as set out in Annex 1of the submitted report be noted and the control actions put in place by the Statutory Responsibilities Network 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 to a tolerable level in the most effective way.