Issue - meetings

Mrs Alison Blake, Audit Manager, presented the Annual Risk Management Report to the Committee.  Mrs Blake explained that:

·  The purpose of the Annual Risk Management Report was to provide Members with assurance on the Council’s risk management arrangements.  The report outlined the Council’s risk management process (covering both corporate level risks and operational risks); the risk profile of the Council and how it had changed over the year; and the Council’s corporate risks and how they had changed over the year with actions being taken to reduce risks and capture emerging risks that had a corporate impact.

·  The role of the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee was to assure itself that the risk management processes were working effectively.  The detail of individual risks was reviewed by the Policy and Resources Committee every six months, but if the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee identified risks that they needed assurance on they could request details of how they were being managed.

RESOLVED:  That the Annual Risk Management Report be noted.