Issue - meetings

The Board received a report presenting the Enterprise Risk Register and the current status of risks attached to the delivery of Local Area Agreement targets within the Board’s responsibility.

The Board was reminded that it had requested that an update was provided with respect to NI 153, which related to the number of working age people claiming out of work Benefits in the worst performing Neighbourhoods, at every meeting.

In response to a query the Board was advised that, at present, there was not a specific measure to compare how quickly people living in the West of the Borough as opposed to those living in the East of the Borough were able to get back into the job market. However, it may be possible to develop a measure to demonstrate this based on data with respect to JSA claims.

It was noted that the recent opening of Primark had led to the creation of three hundred new jobs in the Borough and it was anticipated that this would be reflected in Third Quarter data.

RESOLVED:

That the report be noted.