Issue - meetings

To note the 2021/22 Corporate Risk Register.

The PFI and Performance Officer gave a summary of the report that provided members with an update of the 2021/22 Corporate Risk Register (CRR), which included corporate-level risks that had been identified and managed during the 2021/22 year. He said that the 2020/21 CRR had last been reviewed in Autumn 2020.  He highlighted the inclusion of a new risk of focusing upon the climate emergency following the Council’s declaration of the Climate Emergency.

Councillor Khan said that it was a good clear report and asked in terms of financial control why there was no ethical investment policy yet in place.

The Director – Finance and Corporate Services said that the ethical investment policy should be presented to the next Investment Board meeting towards the end of July 2021.

Councillor Khan referred to 20-CR-07 Governance that was shown as amber and said that as the 2019/2020 Annual Governance Statement had yet to be signed off was this still a valid control. He also asked whether the number of standards complaints resolved and unresolved should be reflected.

The Chief Executive said that the Annual Governance Statement was a relevant valid control and a requirement that mitigated risks within a framework; she said that the External Auditor was currently unable to sign off the 19/20 Annual Governance Statement. She also confirmed that data relating to standards complaints had been included in the Annual Governance Statement that showed the numbers of complaints that had been received and resolved.

In response to a question from Councillor Khan about having a specific reputational risk, the Chief Executive said that reputational risk was one of a range of factors integral to all those risks that had been identified in the CRR.

RESOLVED that GAP Committee note the 2021/22 Corporate Risk Register.