Issue - meetings

This report details the progress made during 2005/06 in deploying risk management arrangements across the Council.

RESOLVED:(i) That the contents of the report and progress to date be noted;

(ii)               That the work now ongoing to populate the 2006/07 Risk Register and the hyper-link address for Members to view the Register and the risks identified to date be noted.

Members received a report which detailed the progress made during 2005/06 in deploying risk management arrangements across the Council.

The report provided information on the Council’s Comprehensive Assessment score for risk management, the introduction of Audit & Risk Management software, the embedding of risk management across the Council, the key risks identified in the corporate risk register, risk management training and proposals for the further development of risk management arrangements across the Council.

Members thanked officers for their hard work in the area of risk management and drew attention to the reduction in insurance premiums which had been achieved as a result.

RESOLVED:(i) That the contents of the report and progress to date be noted;

(ii)               That the work now ongoing to populate the 2006/07 Risk Register and the hyper-link address for Members to view the Register and the risks identified to date be noted.

REASON:(i) To raise awareness of the progress made to date in respect of risk management arrangements at the Council and advise Members of the further work now needed to support the effective development of the Council’s approach in the future;

                        (ii) To advise Members of the risks identified and included in the Council’s Risk Register during 2006/07 to date.