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
Bernadette Kenny - Director General Personal Tax
Steve Lamey – Director General Benefits and Credits
John Spence - Non Executive Director
Sue Street - Non Executive Director
Anthony Inglese - General Counsel and Solicitor
Partho Shome (Item 5)
Matt Kettel (Item 3)
Claudine Lashley (Observer)
Minutes of Board meeting on 5 May 2009 were reviewed and agreed. The Action Point log was reviewed and updated. The Board discussed the breakdown of the headcount reduction data and the Quantum Programme QandA briefing.
Members reviewed the first report against the HMRC business plan 2009-10. They considered the current finance position, VAT repayments, the measures for customer satisfaction and the staff survey. The meeting noted excellent results in relation to security in the staff survey and that work is underway to focus on staff engagement.
The CFO presented the top departmental risks, mapped to the HMRC strategic objectives. The Board noted the criteria for adding to and deleting from the risk register.
Bernadette Kenny presented the summary 2009-10 plan for Personal Tax and the key challenges for the current year and in the longer term. Members discussed immediate and longer term challenges facing the business area.
Dave Hartnett and Partho Shome presented an economic and tax analysis of Budget 2009.
The Board received updates from the People and Audit & Risk Committees
The next meeting of the Board Committee will be on 7 July 2009.
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