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Annual Report and Accounts 2015 | NATS Holdings Limited Governance 70 Reports from Board Committees (continued) Safety Review Committee report The role of the Safety Review Committee The role of the Safety Review Committee is to support the Board in the discharge of its accountabilities for the safe provision of operational air traffic services, monitoring of NATS’ safety performance, and for security arrangements in group companies. It meets quarterly as a formal committee and has separate in-depth briefings as required. Its remit includes the requirements to: > monitor and review the effectiveness of the safety arrangements in place in the group; > review the delivery of the group’s safety and security objectives through its operations, structures and processes; > review the quality of the group’s safety performance; > monitor the implementation of safety enhancement programmes; and > make recommendations to the Board for improving the group’s safety and security management systems. The Committee is chaired by Iain McNicoll and there are two other non-executive directors as members, Will Facey and Roger Cato. Will Facey joined the Committee in November 2014 replacing Warwick Brady. The following are invited to attend each meeting by standing invitation: > Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, Operations; > Director of Safety, NATS; > Managing Director, Services; > Operations Directors of Swanwick, Prestwick and Airports; and > Operations Director, Strategy. The Head of Facilities Management and the Chief Information Officer formally report to the Committee on the security arrangements in NATS twice per annum. During the year, the Committee took advice from the following special advisers, who were invited to each meeting by standing invitation: > Dr Don Lloyd, Director Health & Safety and Environment for Genel Energy plc and Visiting Professor in Risk at Brunel University; > Professor Don Harris, Professor of Human Factors, Faculty of Engineering and Computing at Coventry University; and > Captain John Monks, Head of Aviation Safety, British Airways (from November 2014). Main activities of the Committee during the year a. Operational safety As part of its safety governance and oversight of the NATS operations, the Committee receives regular in-depth reports and briefings on safety performance and associated improvement activities. Key topics throughout the last year were: > Infringements of controlled airspace: Infringements are an issue for the CAA (the UK regulator) and, whilst NATS can, and has, taken mitigating actions to protect aircraft operating within controlled airspace from infringing aircraft, solutions to the causes of infringements lie with the CAA. The Committee has therefore encouraged and supported the NATS executives in engaging with the CAA, and met the CAA’s Director Safety and Airspace Regulation at its December 2014 meeting. This cooperative activity has resulted in the establishment of five Infringement Hotspot improvement projects. These are joint projects with the Airport Operators Association and the Airspace Infringement Working Group. Over the following year, we will continue to monitor and support these projects to completion, and we will maintain a dialogue with the CAA on this key safety topic. Governance
Annual Report and Accounts 2015 | NATS Holdings Limited Governance 71 Reports from Board Committees (continued) > Improvement activities in NATS Airports service line: The comprehensive programme of performance improvements for the NATS Airports service line, which began during 2013/14, has continued during the year. The Committee has encouraged and monitored this programme and noted with approval that the intended improvements have started to come to fruition; the Committee will continue to monitor this programme next year. > Safety Strategy and Safety Plan: The Committee has continued to monitor the delivery of the NATS Safety Strategy and Safety Plan. We have been specifically briefed on activities in the areas of: > Human Performance – including the development of the Fatigue Risk Management strategy and awareness programme. > Level Busts – activities undertaken with airlines and the CAA to reduce the risk of Level Busts and to mitigate their impact when they occur. > Safety Intelligence – the programme of work underway to broaden the scope of measures used to understand our safety performance. The Committee is especially keen to see the development of leading rather than lagging indicators; the work shows promise and we look forward to making further progress next year. > Safety Governance and Oversight Review: Jointly with the Audit Committee, a review of Safety Governance and Oversight was commissioned. This was conducted by Atkins Global and the headline summary was: “The NATS Board, through the Safety Review Committee, provides sound governance and effective direction and challenge to NATS operations. The structures and processes underpinning the governance and oversight are clear, with accountabilities and responsibilities generally well understood.” The review made ten recommendations which the NATS Executives accepted. The Committee will monitor the implementation of these recommendations over the coming year. > Safety Culture Survey: In support of maintaining a robust safety culture, the Committee has supported the Executive in the conducting of the Eurocontrol Safety Culture Survey. We were pleased to note that the response rate was above average in Europe and that the results showed a favourable response in all elements of the assessment. > Resilience: Following the equipment failures on 12 December 2014 the Committee has received a briefing on the safety aspects of Operational Fallbacks. This briefing covered both the transitional period and the subsequent operation in reversionary modes. b. Corporate / physical security (external threats) NATS’ Corporate Security department provides assurance reports, covering all aspects of physical security, threat assessments, vetting, data protection and business continuity. The principal focus for the Committee in the past year has been: > Governance: This is designed to ensure and maintain engagement at all levels of the business, achieved through regular reviews at the Security Focal Point Group, Health & Safety, Security and Environmental Steering Group, NATS Executive, and Safety Review Committee. Reporting to the Committee is on a biannual basis, in June and December, where confirmation that the governance processes are in place and are robust is sought. > Travel Security: With NATS increasing presence overseas, a dedicated Travel Security Governance Group, chaired by the Head of Internal Audit, has been established, along with approval and escalation procedures for assessing travel risks. Additionally, the Committee has been briefed on the introduction of Hostile Environment training. Governance
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