Decision details

A report by the Interim Corporate Director (Finance and Resources) was submitted (a copy of which is appended to the Minute Book) providing an update on the Corporate Risk Register and presenting a heat map relating to the current residual risk scores and a summary report. It provided the Committee with the opportunity to comment on and offer challenge to the Corporate Leadership Team as part of the active management of risks.

The Head of Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer introduced the report, noting that a Risk Manager had been appointed since the Committee’s previous meeting, who would be joining in April 2026.

In response to questions from Committee regarding Risks 20-24, the Head of Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer advised that she believed these were new HR risks picked up from the comments at the Committee’s previous meeting, but she would double check and respond to the Committee.

The Committee raised concerns regarding the number of staff yet to undertake mandatory Safeguarding training. There was a short period of time before the deadline for the training to be completed, and the Committee requested to receive the latest position of the figures as a matter of urgency, what steps could be taken to ensure all staff were trained and what sanctions were at HR’s disposal to ensure the training was undertaken. The Head of Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer advised that there had been communication within the organisation regarding this matter and Managers were taking necessary steps to ensure their Teams were completing the training, however she would undertake to raise the concerns with management and HR, and a response would be circulated to the Committee.

Regarding staffing, the Committee asked whether the residual risk would have reduced from the high level it was at previously, and if that risk could be diminished because the Council was now a more attractive place to work. The Head of Democratic Services and Monitoring Officer advised that she would take that question away. The Risk Register was reviewed by the Corporate Leadership Team and she would provide that comment to them and give that consideration in the production of the report to the next Committee meeting.

In response to a question from the Committee regarding the recent internet outage, the Chief Digital Information Officer advised that Officers undertook lessons learnt with any incidents. One of the activities that had been undertaken since the recent internet outage was to better understand and enhance the Business Continuity Planning Arrangements.

Whereupon, it was

RESOLVED

that the Committee commented on the reports in the appendices and progress with risk management and noted the risks to the organisation and whether they are being managed in line with the Risk Management StrategyRisk Management Strategy.