Issue - meetings

The Board received a report that set out proposals for the introduction of a Risk Management Strategy and Framework for the HSP.

The Board was advised that the Risk Management was seen as an increasingly important tool by various bodies responsible for external assessment. Under the new Comprehensive Area Assessment there was an increased focus upon partnership working and therefore the Partnership needed to be able to demonstrate that it had effective systems in place to deal with Risk Management.

In addition to this the Audit Commission had also indicated that Local Strategic Partnerships would need to demonstrate that Risk Management was properly embedded.

It was proposed that risk registers should be used by the Thematic Boards and the PMG and these would be monitored by the Council’s Internal Audit Service. The Service would also provide training on the completion of these via workshop sessions.

In response to a query as to whether the registers would focus solely on financial issues, the Board was advised that there would be many elements that would be captured and there would not be a specific focus on financial issues.

RESOLVED:

1. That the Risk Management Strategy and proposed actions be approved.

2. That the risk registers as set out be implemented across the Thematic Boards and PMG.