Issue - meetings

The Surrey County Council Leadership risk register is presented to Cabinet each quarter and this report summarises the risk governance arrangements and presents the Leadership risk register as at 30 June 2015.

[The decisions on this item can be called in by the Council Overview Board]

That the content of the Surrey County Council Leadership Risk Register, Annex 1 to 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 Surrey County 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 Board]

The Cabinet Member for Business Services and Resident Experience explained that the Surrey County Council Leadership risk register was presented to Cabinet each quarter and this report summarised the risk governance arrangements and presented the Leadership risk register as at 30 June 2015. She also thanked the Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning for his input into the updated Risk Governance Framework.

The Cabinet Member for Environment and Planning informed Cabinet Members that he had attended a Strategic Risk Forum meeting and was reassured with the debate and challenge between officers and that he felt the risk management arrangements were robust.

The Leader of the Council thanked staff in the risk management team for their important work.

RESOLVED:

That the content of the Surrey County Council Leadership Risk Register, Annex 1 to 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 Surrey County 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.