Issue - meetings

The Director of Delivery, Communications and Political Governance submits a report to the Audit and Risk Committee which presents the Risk Management and Business Continuity Policy Statement and Strategies which provide an effective framework for Leicester City Council to management and respond to key risks facing its services and support the delivery of its Business Plan.

The Committee is recommended to note the report.

The Director of Delivery, Communications and Political Governance submitted a report to the Audit and Risk Committee which presented the Risk Management and Business Continuity Policy Statement and Strategies which provided an effective framework for Leicester City Council to manage and respond to key risks facing its services and support the delivery of its Business Plan.

Sonal Devani, Manager (Risk Management) presented the report. Members noted the following:

·         The Risk Management Strategy and Policy 2022, and the Business Continuity Policy and Strategy 2022 provided an effective framework for managing risk, setting out the Council’s attitude to risk, the approach to be adopted to manage the challenges and opportunities facing officers.

·         It was noted training was mandatory for staff expected to complete a risk assessment and this was being promoted across the organisation.

·         The Business Continuity Policy Statement and Strategy set out the Council’s attitude, perception and approach towards implementing business continuity practices.

·         The former Corporate Business Continuity Plan had been combined with the Major Incident Plan to form the LCC’s Incident Response Plan.

·         The Business Continuity Planning service had also been offered to schools, including developing and testing of a schools’ Business Continuity Plan.

The Chair noted the report.

RESOLVED:

1.    That the Audit and Risk Committee note the contents of the report.