Mike Clasper - Chairman
Lesley Strathie - CEO
Dave Hartnett - Permanent Secretary for Tax
Simon Bowles - Chief Finance Officer
Colin Cobain - Non Executive Director
Melanie Dawes - Director General Business Tax
Mike Eland - Director General Enforcement and Compliance
Mark Haysom - Non Executive Director
Philippa Hird - Non Executive Director
Phil Hodkinson - Non Executive Director
Anthony Inglese - General Counsel and Solicitor
Bernadette Kenny - Director General Personal Tax
Steve Lamey - Director General Benefits and Credits
John Spence - Non Executive Director
Sue Street - Non Executive Director
Simon Hopkins (Item 2),
Nick Lodge (Item 3),
Mike Purvis (Item 4),
Stephen Banyard (Item 4)
Jane Bean
Phil Pavitt – Chief Information Officer
Minutes of the Board meeting on 03 November ‘09 were reviewed and agreed and the action point log was reviewed and updated.
Lesley Strathie gave an update on the Capability Re-Review which was expected to report imminently and Simon Bowles briefed Members on the on-going discussions with the Treasury about financial savings over the next two years.
Simon Hopkins updated the Board on the latest finance forecast for 2009-10 and the impact of continued efforts to drive the pressure down. Members acknowledged that the financial management was approaching the right outcome and discussed the management of efficiencies arising from the departmental transformation programme.
The Board reviewed the October ’09 performance report and discussed energy usage and efficiency targets, the tax gap, performance against data security measures and plans to clear the backlog of open cases.
Simon Bowles explained the governance process for investment, describing the flow from the Gateway to the Investment Committee to the Change Delivery Committee.
Mike Eland and Nick Lodge presented the debt management strategy through which HMRC will encourage and support payment on time by:
Melanie Dawes, Stephen Banyard and Mike Purvis presented the SME strategy. They briefed the Members on the importance of this customer group to both HMRC and the UK economy, behaviours that cause tax gaps and the challenges they pose, the cost to serve and the strategic propositions for SMEs across the customer segments.
The Board heard reports from recent Audit & Risk, Ethics and Responsibilities and People Committee meetings and they noted an information paper on management of sick absence.
The next meeting of the Board Committee will be on 5 January 2010.
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