HMRC Executive Committee: Agenda and summary - 2 September 2008 2.00 pm Room 2/65 100 Parliament Street

Attendees

Dave Hartnett - Acting CEO
Melanie Dawes - Acting Director General Business Tax
Mike Eland - Director General Enforcement and Compliance
Mike Hanson – Director General Benefits and Credits
Anthony Inglese - General Counsel and Solicitor
Jim Morrison – Acting Chief People Officer
Deepak Singh - Acting Chief Information Officer
Mary Aiston – CFO Portfolio

Secretariat

Paul Phillips – Secretariat

Apologies

Bernadette Kenny - Director General Personal Tax
Steve Lamey – Chief Operating Officer
Philip Moore – Chief Finance Officer

Also attending

Simon MacDowall, Simon Hopkins, Pat Duckworth

1 Matters arising

The minutes of 5 August were amended and agreed.

2 HMRC’s financial planning

Simon Hopkins updated the Committee on the department’s financial position.

3 Operational Efficiency

Simon Hopkins presented plans to commence a departmental-wide Operational Efficiency programme.

4 Risk

Mary Aiston updated the Committee on risk and the risk profile.

5 Data Risk – Data CDs

Mary Aiston updated the Committee on steps being taken to improve the data security of recordings of Contact Centre telephone conversations.

6 AOB

There was no other business.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on 16 September 2008 in Room 2/65 100 Parliament Street.

Executive Committee Secretariat