Issue - meetings

Report FSD19030

The Committee considered a report which provided Members with the most recent Risk Registers for the areas falling under the Committee’s remit.

The Chairman noted that a couple of the risks had now moved from red to amber and the Committee was advised that in future a comment concerning the direction of travel would be included in the information presented to Members.

The Committee noted that the two most significant risks to the Council were financial stability and data protection.

In response to a question on well publicised financial risks facing some national contractors, the Director of Finance confirmed that for big contracts; representatives from the Local Authority meet  with senior managers from the contractor.  Where there were concerns about the future viability of a contractor standard credit reference agency checks would be conducted.

In terms of mitigating risks around commissioning, a Procurement Board had been established.  The Board had met and going forward would provide assurances that the processes initially established by the Contracts and Commissioning Sub-Committee and the Commissioning Board were embedded.

RESOLVED: That the report be noted.