Issue - meetings

To consider a Report of the Deputy Chief Executive (and Section 151 Officer).

The report provides Audit Committee with an Update to the Corporate Risk Register Quarter 4.

Audit Committee is requested to note the contents of the CRR Update report.

Officer contact: John Pearsall on 474 4033 or Email: John.pearsall@stockport.gov.uk

The Deputy Chief Executive (and Section 151 Officer) submitted a report (copies of which had been circulated) which provided Audit Committee with an update to the Corporate Risk Register Quarter 4.

The following comments were made/issues raised:

·         Has consideration been given to raising the risk level in relation to RAAC?  In response, the Committee was advised that there were no new additional findings of RAAC found in the last week or so, even so the risk of the whole Council estate in its totality was being escalated from directorate risk to corporate risk.

·         A short discussion took place in relation to the risk of Section 114 notices.  The Committee was assured that whist the Council faced significant financial challenges, the robust plans that were in place helped to mitigate these challenges and the council continued to move forward in a positive and progressive way.

·         Members asked about business resilience and continuity when Senior Leaders left the employment of the Council and were the consequences of this being covered?

·         Could the number of risks ever be reduced?

·         In response to a Member question on whether future risk training sessions on cyber risk would include artificial intelligence, the Committee was assured that this would form a key part of the discussions.

RESOLVED – That the contents of the CRR Update Report be noted.