Agenda item - Strategic Risk Register Review November 2016

Report of the Executive Lead Officer, Strategy, Governance & Law (copy attached).

1)           That the Audit & Standards Committee notes the SRR Report December 2016 at Appendix 1.

64.1      The Committee considered a report of the Executive Lead Officer, Strategy, Governance & Law which informed Members that the Committee had a role to monitor the effectiveness of risk management and internal control. This included oversight of the Strategic Risk Register which was set by the Executive Leadership Team (ELT). The report included recent updates by ELT made on 16 November 2016.

64.2      Councillor Morris noted that the risk actions for SR18: Transition to modern, digital IT to improve service delivery had been ongoing for some time and were seemingly no nearer to completion.

64.3      The Executive Director, Finance & Resources stated that the actions had unfortunately not been progressed further over the past six months. Recruitment and retention of staff had been issue and it was hoped that the Orbis partnership would help bolster operations.

64.4      Dr Horne welcomed the new strategic risk SR29: Contract Management but noted that there were no actions currently associated with the risk.

64.5      The Executive Director, Finance & Resources responded that this was a relatively new risk and ELT would be discussing the item further including designating risk actions.

64.6      Councillor Druitt stated that he could not understand why the likelihood score for SR21: Housing Pressures had been revised from likely to possible when it was clear that the city was in the midst of a housing crisis.

64.7      The Chief Executive stated that there had been a lot of measures undertaken in relation to the council’s statutory duties including the granting of planning permission for 300 new homes and the agreement for a joint venture with Hyde Housing that would deliver a further 1000 homes amongst other measures. The Council was also undertaking work with the private sector but there was a limit to its powers in this area.

64.8      RESOLVED- That the Audit & Standards Committee notes the SRR Report December 2016 at Appendix 1.