Issue - meetings

The Board received a report a report setting out the key risks against key service objectives and Local Area Agreement targets.

It was noted that each Thematic Board was required by the HSP to adopt a Risk Register in order to manage the risks attached to achieving the LAA targets within their responsibility. In assessing the risks attached to each outcome a risk rating had been reached in conjunction with colleagues from NHS Haringey and the Police.

The Board discussed the document and it was contended that the emphasis placed on financial risk was too heavy and that the impact upon residents and communities should be given increased weighting.

It was noted that gang related crime and violence had a particularly significant impact upon local communities and it was contended that local intelligence suggested that the likelihood of a major incident happening in the Borough was high.

The Board was advised that Police in the thirteen worst effected Boroughs (of which Haringey was one) in London had been instructed by ? to hold weekly meetings to review knife and gang relate crime and the intelligence received with respect to this.  At present Haringey was the only one of the thirteen Boroughs that was making progress in this area. This was due to the proactive approach that was taken in targeting known gang members; the continuous pressure that was placed on these individuals played a significant role in reducing the level of crime they were able to commit.

It was noted that the targeted work that been undertaken to prevent young people becoming involved in gang crime had been effective; however, this had meant that, amongst the slightly older age group of eighteen to twenty-four year olds, there had been an increase in the level of gang related crimes recorded. In addition the recent incident at Victoria Station had been the first murder of its type where none of the people charged had any previous convictions or were known to the Police.

This demonstrated the ongoing need to analyse knife and gang related crime and target……. ………

RESOLVED:

1. That the Risk Register be adopted.

2. That consideration be given to revising the weighting attached to financial risk and incorporating a set of risks to recognise the impact upon local communities.