The wider context
It’s potentially useful to note that, in addition to your own business’s risk assessment efforts, risks are also being assessed in a wider context by a number of organisations as part of the UK’s national risk register process, driven by the Civil Contingencies Act9
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Each area of the UK (based on police force boundaries) has a “Local Resilience Forum” comprising representatives from the various “emergency responders” and supporting agencies defined by the Civil Contingencies Act (emergency services, local authorities, health bodies and government agencies), the purpose of which is to facilitate consultation, collaboration and disclosure of information with each other in order to facilitate planning and response to emergencies.
Each Local Resilience Forum is required to undertake risk assessments, for risks that could result in a major emergency, and to maintain a community risk register for the area that it represents. This community risk register is seen as the first step in the emergency planning process, as it ensures that the plans that are developed are proportionate to the risk. The Civil Contingencies Act includes a statutory obligation for these community risk registers to be made public, usually via each Local Resilience Forum website, which means that businesses are able to gain an awareness of the wider risk agenda.
9 The Civil Contingencies Act is a UK Act of Parliament that came into force in 2005 to replace the previous Civil Defence and Emergency Powers legislation. The stated aim of the Civil Contingencies Act is to “deliver a single framework for civil protection in the UK capable of meeting the challenges of the 21st century”. Part 1 of the Act focuses on local arrangements for civil protection, establishing a statutory framework of roles and responsibilities for “local responders”. Part 2 focuses on emergency powers to deal with the effects of the most serious emergencies.
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