Agenda item

Report of the Director of Public Relations.

The Director of Public Relations introduced a report on the Public Relations Business Plan for 2015-16. Several members commented on the nomenclature used to describe risks listed on the departmental risk register, and questioned whether it was appropriate to describe whether it was sensible to aim to arrive at a ‘target’ risk if sufficient measures had been taken to mitigate that risk. The Director of Public Relations responded that the nature of public relations meant that a risk could never be fully mitigated, and that the risk register was instead intended to demonstrate the steps taken to first identify then deal with a given risk.

            In response to a query from a member regarding key performance indicators, the Director of Public Relations confirmed that there was a denominator against which to assess the number of business staff voters.

RESOLVED, that the City of London Business Plan 2015-16 be submitted to the Policy and Resources Committee for approval.