HMRC Audit Committee: agenda and summary 30 May 2007, 8.30am, Room G/57 100 Parliament Street

Committee Members

Bill Griffith - Non Executive Director - Chairman
Jon Spence - Non Executive Director
Kate Owen - Non Executive Director

Invitees

Mike Eland - Director General
Mike Hanson - Director General
Stuart Cruickshank - Director General, Chief Finance Office
Melvyn Neate - Head of Internal Audit
Steve Ardron - NAO
John Thorpe - NAO
Pat Duckworth - Corporate Governace
Aidan Callan - Corporate Governance
Geoff Watkins - Finance

Adam McMordie - Secretariat
Hannah Parker - Secretariat

Apologies

David Swift - Finance

1 Matters arising and information papers

The Committee agreed the minutes of 7 March.

The Committee offered advice and comments on information papers concerning the HMRC Repayments Committee, Changes in Finance, Delegated Authorities, Open Cases, Data Security, Risk Management, and Guidance on Minutes.

2 Resource accounts

Stuart Cruickshank and Geoff Watkins reviewed the Departmental resource accounts with the Committee.

3 Trust Statement

The Committee heard an update on the Departmental Trust Statement.

4 Statement of Internal Control

The Committee discussed the key issues for inclusion in this year’s Statement of Internal Control.

5 AOB

John Spence sought an update on SAP, the departmental accounting system.

The next meeting of Audit Committee will be on the 26 June 2007.

Audit Committee Secretariat