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Corporate Risk Register Update

Meeting: 19/03/2024 - Audit and Governance Committee (Item 47)

47 Corporate Risk Register Update pdf icon PDF 64 KB

Purpose:

The report brings to members the current version of the Strategic Risk Register for information and assurance that risks to the Council are being managed and appropriate actions are being taken to mitigate risk.

 

Recommendation:

That the Audit and Governance Committee resolves to:

1.       Note the Strategic Risk Register.

 

Invited:

Cheryl Sloan, Business Manager for Governance, Risk and Business Continuity

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

The Director of Governance presented a report that brought Members the current version of the Strategic Risk Register for information and assurance that risks to the Council were being managed and appropriate actions were being taken to mitigate risk.

The report outlined all updates to the commentary since the November Audit and Governance Committee which were shown in red, along with a direction of travel column, that showed if the risk had either increased / red (got worse), decreased / green (reduced in risk) or stayed the same since the last time it was reported to Audit and Governance Committee.

Various risks were drawn to the attention of the Committee and after questions received from Members, it was explained that uncertainties were added to the risk register and ensured that they were not missed; this could be seen in the example on E4 around refugees (page 160). In relation to Carbon neutrality and whether climate neutrality figures were inclusive of all Oxfordshire districts, and therefore out of West Oxfordshire District Council’s control would be queried with the Climate Team.  Action Point:  The Climate Team would be notified and confirm this and whether in turn it should be then a WODC corporate risk. In regards, to leisure and its movement from red to amber; it was suggested that working collaboratively with marketing etc. was the reason for the movement.

RESOLVED that the Audit and Governance Committee AGREED to:

  1. Note the Strategic Risk Register.