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Strategic Risk Register - Q4 2025/26

 

 

Meeting: 01/07/2026 - Cabinet (Item 263)

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Purpose

The report sets out the current Strategic Risk Register for the Council.

 

Recommendation

That Cabinet resolves to:

1.    review the Strategic Risk Register and mitigation measures.

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Decision:

The purpose of this item was to provide an update on the Strategic Risk Register and the mitigation measures in place.

Councillor Mike Evemy, Leader of the Council introduced the report, which was also due to be considered by the Audit and Governance Committee at its meeting on 27 July. It was noted that, in accordance with the Council’s Constitution, the Audit and Governance Committee had responsibility for overseeing the Council’s risks and risk appetite. However, it was further noted that it was good practice for Cabinet Members, as key decision-makers, to have sight of the Corporate Risk Register and the opportunity to consider and challenge its content.

The contents of the register were noted and a query was raised in relation to the terminology used within the document, seeking clarification on references that were not immediately clear.

Members were asked to note that the Strategic Risk Register would be reviewed on a regular basis and that, as senior leaders of the organisation, they had a responsibility to be aware of and consider the Council’s key risks in conjunction with senior officers. It was further noted that additional operational and service-level risk registers existed beneath the corporate register and could be discussed with relevant senior officers as required.

Cabinet reviewed and noted the Strategic Risk Register and mitigation measures.

 

Minutes:

The purpose of this item was to provide an update on the Strategic Risk Register for Q4 2025/26 and the mitigation measures in place.

Councillor Mike Evemy, Leader of the Council, introduced the report, noting that the Strategic Risk Register would also be considered by the Audit and Governance Committee at its meeting on 27 July. Members were advised that, in accordance with the Council's Constitution, responsibility for overseeing the Council's strategic risks and risk appetite rested with the Audit and Governance Committee. However, it was emphasised that good governance practice also required Cabinet, as the Council's principal decision-making body, to have oversight of the Corporate Risk Register and the opportunity to review, question and challenge its contents.

Members considered the register and sought clarification on terminology used within the document, including references to previous resilience exercises. Officers explained that these referred to multi-agency emergency planning exercises undertaken to test the Council's preparedness for significant incidents, including a prolonged national power outage and a pandemic scenario.

Members noted the importance of maintaining awareness of the Council's principal strategic risks and the actions in place to mitigate them. It was further noted that the Strategic Risk Register would continue to be reviewed on a regular basis and that Cabinet Members, together with the Corporate Leadership Team, had an important role in maintaining oversight of the Council's strategic risks.

Members also noted that the Corporate Risk Register formed part of a wider framework of risk management, with more detailed operational and service-level risk registers maintained across individual service areas. Where appropriate, Members could seek further information on these from the relevant senior officers.

Cabinet RESOLVED to note the Strategic Risk Register and the mitigation measures in place.

 

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