Mr David Dobbs, Head of Internal Audit, Anti-Fraud and Risk, introduced the Risk Management report and said the Corporate Risk Register (Appendix A) and the risk register for Health and Social Care Directorate (Appendix B) were attached to the report. He referred members to paragraph 3.4 of the report and said three new risks had been identified for the Corporate Risk Register. He said Officers from the Health and Social Care Directorate were in attendance to answer questions relating to their risk register.

In response to comments and questions from members the following was noted:

·       Councillor Kabir Ahmed requested the column for responsibility be updated to show the interim Corporate Director for Health and Social Care rather than the Corporate Director who had left the Council. Mr Dobbs said this would be updated in due course, as the information at the time of publication was correct.

·       Mr Dobbs confirmed he was working with services who had recently come ‘in house’ such as Tower Hamlets Homes to fill gaps in using the JCAD system and to identify risks.

·       Mr Somen Banerjee, Interim Corporate Director of Health and Social Care Directorate said their risk register was in reasonable shape as they continued to use the methodology and processes adopted by the previous Director. Mr Warwick Tomsett, Joint Director for Integrated Commissioning, added they followed a regular cycle of review and discussion of risks.

·       Mr Dobbs said the ownership of risks lied with the risk owner who was either the Head of Service or the Corporate Director.

o   ACTION: Mr Dobbs said he would bring to the July meeting the Risk Management Annual Report including detailsof how current and target risks had changed over a period. He said the software was able to produce this information.

The Audit Committee RESOLVED to:

1.    Note the updated Corporate Risk Register and where applicable, request risk owner(s) with risks requiring further scrutiny to provide a detailed update on the treatment and mitigation of those risks including impact on the corporate objectives at the next Audit Committee meeting (or separately before the meeting, if urgent).

2.    Note the proposed changes to the Council’s risk registers, as set out in paragraphs 3.4 and 3.5.

3.    Note the updated Health and Social Care Directorate Risk Register and where applicable request risk owner(s) with risks requiring further scrutiny to provide a detailed update on the treatment and mitigation of their risks including impact on the directorate’s objectives at the next Audit Committee meeting (or separately before the meeting if urgent).