Decision

The Board:

1. Considered and approved the revised Code of Corporate Governance (appendix A) as recommended by the Audit, Standards and Risk Committee.
2. Considered and approved the draft Annual Governance Statement and Governance Improvement Plan (appendix B) as recommended by the Audit, Standards and Risk Committee
3. Noted the progress made in maturing the approach to risk management and considered and commented on the Corporate Risk Management Dashboard (appendix C)
4. Considered the Audit, Standards and Risk Chair’s Annual Report (appendix D) and the action plan at section 6 to address the findings of the Audit, Standards and Risk Committee Effectiveness Survey
5. Considered the Overview and Scrutiny Chair’s Annual Report (appendix E) and the action plan at section 7 to address the findings of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee Effectiveness Survey