240927ARCtteePaper6Annex2RiskRegisters

Audit and Risk Com­mit­tee Paper 6 Annex 2

27 Septem­ber 2024

Risk ID	Date	Risk Descrip­tion	Impact Descrip­tion	Impact Level	Prob­ab­il­ity Level	Pri­or­ity Level	Trend	Mit­ig­a­tion Strategy	Risk Status	Risk Own­er	Reas­sess­ment Date	Note
1	14/12/2023	Total pro­gramme risk profile	Pro­gramme delay or failure	5	3	15	Det­or­i­at­ing	Risk pro­file increased from green to amber fol­low­ing noti­fic­a­tion from Sus­trans Scot­land that design stage fund­ing is not avail­able in 2024⁄25	OPEN	Dav­id Clyne	31/10/2024
2	14/12/2023	Future fund­ing profile	Insuf­fi­cient match fund­ing to meet agreed commitments	5	3	15	Det­or­i­at­ing	As above. Meet­ing with Trans­port Scot­land to explore altern­at­ive fund­ing mod­els which has giv­en con­fid­ence that fund­ing will be secured albeit with a delay which may span Q3 to Septem­ber and pos­sibly into Q4. Theme lead con­tin­ues to dir­ect team on essen­tial pre­par­at­ory work and there­fore fund­ing delays are not crit­ic­al depend­an­cies at this stage.	OPEN	Dav­id Clyne	01/08/2024
3	14/12/2023	Fin­ance: impact on Park Author­ity budget management	Park Author­ity spend lim­ited to £450k pa.	4	1	4	No change	Monthly budget review with Fin­ance Team	OPEN	Dav­id Clyne	01/08/2024
4	14/12/2023	Pro­cure­ment standards	All con­tracts must meet PCS stand­ards. Pos­sible leg­al chal­lenge if reg­u­la­tions not met.	3	2	6	No change	No issues. New Pro­cure­ment Officer has been recruited by Park Authority.	OPEN	Dav­id Clyne	01/08/2024
5	14/12/2023	Staff­ing	Insuf­fi­cient staff in post impacts pro­ject deliv­ery, times­cales and outcomes	4	2	8	No change	Empower­ment theme lead now on mater­nity leave and second­ment cov­er in place. Peat­land resor­a­tion man­ager has resigned from his post, with replace­ment now in post	OPEN	Dav­id Clyne	01/08/2024
6	14/12/2023	Pro­ject exe­cu­tion and NLHF second phase applic­a­tion timescales	Fail­ure to sub­mit high qual­ity second phase NLHF applic­a­tion res­ults in loss of funding.	5	2	10	No change	Applic­a­tion sub­mit­ted on time	CLOSED	Dav­id Clyne	29/03/2024
7	14/12/2023	Deliv­ery of Sus­trans fun­ded projects	Sustrans/​active travel match fund­ing for the pro­gramme is not secured at the val­ues or with­in the timelines required to achieve pro­ject objectives.	5	3	15	No change	Act­ive Com­munit­ies pro­ject risk pro­file ini­tially increased from amber to red fol­low­ing noti­fic­a­tion from Sus­trans Scot­land that design stage fund­ing was not avail­able in 2024/2025 and pending final res­ol­u­tion of situ­ation noted above.	OPEN	Dav­id Clyne	31/10/2024	A meet­ing was organ­ised with Trans­port Scot­land to explore altern­at­ive fund­ing mod­els. Fol­low­ing reas­sur­ances received at this meet­ing, the risk around trans­port fund­ing has been reclas­si­fied to amber while con­tinu­ing to show risk escal­a­tion pending receipt of more form­al feedback

Job title: Head of Cairngorms 2030 Pro­ject Man­ager: Dav­id Clyne Date of last risk review: 22-Feb-24