FIFE COUNCIL
APPENDIX 1
REGISTER OF SIGNIFICANT RISKS
RISK
Lack of investment in property and
infrastructure
Lack of resources to deliver service
commitments
Lack of ownership of health & safety
duties and implementation of
management arrangements
Management of staff and volunteers
working with vulnerable people
Risk to service delivery arising from
strategic partnerships (e.g. PPP/PFI,
outsourced services)
Inadequacy of contingency plans to
maintain service continuity following
loss of a facility or critical system
Ability to identify and comply with
legislation throughout the Council
Major incident resulting in Health &
Safety prosecution
Lack of uniformity of systems across
the Council undermines internal
controls
Interdependencies between functions
– “joined-up nature of services (e.g.
social work/housing/policy/healthcare)
Monitoring of members & officers
interests
IMPACT ON
SERVICES
SCORE
4.2
LIKELIHOOD
SCORE
5.1
TOTAL
RISK
SCORE
21.42
3.7
4.9
18.13
4.2
4.1
17.22
3.7
4.4
16.28
3.9
4.1
15.99
3.8
4.1
15.58
3.7
4.2
15.54
3.6
4.3
15.48
3.6
4.1
14.76
3.8
3.7
14.06
3.6
3.8
13.68
The scores shown in Appendix 1 were reached by utilising an electronic voting software facility,
“OptionFinder”. Eighteen participants at a risk review workshop voted on a series of risk issues to Fife
Council and ranked them in terms of their perceived likelihood of occurrence and potential impact.
The following scoring system was used:LIKELIHOOD
1. Not possible
2. Remote
3. Unlikely
4. Possible
5. Probable
6. Inevitable
IMPACT
1. Insignificant
2. Low
3. Medium
4. Material
5. High
6. Catastrophic
The scores shown in the Appendix relate to the “average response” to each voted risk, with 1 being of
least concern and 6 of most (e.g. a risk with a likelihood score of 1.2 and impact score of 5.6 would
be considered to be high in impact but low in likelihood).