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Background:

This report provided details of the six monthly review of the Council’s Corporate Business Risk Register and the annual review of the Strategic Risk Framework. It was noted that the strategy was reviewed annually to ensure that it remained up-to-date and continued to reflect the Council’s approach to risk management. In addition, the Corporate Risk Register, which accompanied the strategy, ensured that all relevant key risks were recorded and this was reviewed and managed every six months by both management and Members.

The report set out the comments of the Business Support Overview and Scrutiny Committee, as set out in paragraph 7 of the report, together with the Director of Regeneration, Culture, Environment and Transformation’s comments in response to the key issues raised at the Committee in respect of children’s social care, the shape of local government in Kent, finances, adult social care transformation and delivering regeneration.

Reasons:

The establishment of a corporate framework for risk management is recommended by CIPFA and SOLACE and will complement and support the work already being carried out within each directorate to manage risks.