HMRC Executive Committee: Agenda and Summary 07 August 2007

Attendees:

Stuart Cruickshank - Director General and Chief Finance Officer
David Hogg - General Counsel and Solicitor
Chris Hopson - Change and Capability Director
Steve Lamey - Director General and Chief Information Officer

Ann Chinner - Chairman's Private Secretary
Adam McMordie - Secretariat

Apologies

Paul Gray - Chairman
Mike Eland - Director General
Bernadette Kenny - Director General
Dave Hartnett - Director General
Mike Hanson - Director General

Also Attending:

David Ellis, Mike Norgrove, Naomi Ferguson, Nick Lodge, Arthur Durrant, Russell Grossman, Andrew Hudson, Martin Mills, Simon Hopkins

The Executive Committee on 7 August 2007 was not quorate as there were not two Commissioners in attendance. None of the decisions taken at this meeting fell within the areas legally reserved for Commissioners so are still valid as decisions of ExCom as the senior management committee.

Contents:

Flooding and foot and mouth

David Ellis discussed the decisions taken to date on the Department's response to recent flooding and the outbreak of foot and mouth.

Matters arising

Minutes of 17 July 2007 were amended and agreed.

ExCom members updated the committee on hot topics from within their portfolios.

HMRC committees updates

HMRC committee chairs provided updates to ExCom on matters arising from their committees.

Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) and departmental strategic objectives

Stuart Cruickshank and Simon Hopkins discussed the current the development of the departmental strategic objectives, the CSR and the risk and opportunities facing the department.

Shared services

The committee reviewed potential options for the future delivery of shared services by HMRC.

Change and engagement assessment

Russell Grossman and Arthur Durrant considered the department's progress on staff engagement and leadership in relation to change.

AOB

Chris Hopson drew the HMRC Delivery Report to the attention of the committee.

ExCom commissioned feedback from the ExCom repayments committees on trends in repayments.

The committee noted the proposed agenda for the September 46.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on 4 September, 09.00, room 4/58.1, 100 Parliament Street, London.

Executive Committee Secretariat