Issue - meetings

To receive and consider the report of the Deputy Chief Executive.

Rebecca Aziz-Brook, Transformation Programme Co-Ordinator, presented the report of the Deputy Chief Executive which provides members with an updated Strategic Risk Register (SRR).  The SRR includes 16 strategic risks to the Council, including actions in progress as well as new actions planned to further mitigate identified risks.

The risk register is continually reviewed and considered a ‘live’ register.  The majority of risk categories remain stable for 2020 with nine of these identified as ‘high risk’, five ‘medium risk’ and one ‘low risk'.  Two risks have shifted from ‘medium’ to ‘high’ compared to last year.  One new risk has been added for this year and is rated as ‘high risk’: R16 Not managing the recovery after COVID-19 effectively.   

The majority of risk levels remain static as mitigating actions have ensured that the risks have been effectively managed and have therefore not escalated across the year.

All the risks within the strategic risk register this year have been reviewed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated impacts on service delivery.

Members discussed the need to work with partners on the recovery from Covid-19 and to take forward any lessons learned.

Decision: to note the strategic risks, controls in place and actions planned to further mitigate the strategic risks as set out in Appendix 1.