HMRC Executive Committee: Agenda and summary 8 January 2007

Attendees

Dave Hartnett - Acting Chairman
Mike Hanson - Director General Benefits and Credits
David Hogg - General Counsel and Solicitor
Deepak Singh - Acting Chief Information Officer
Bernadette Kenny - Director General Individuals
Steve Lamey - Chief Operating Officer
Stuart Cruickshank - Chief Finance Officer
Melanie Dawes - Acting Director General Business

Sara Woollard - Chairman’s Private Secretary
Adam McMordie - Secretariat

Apologies

Mike Eland - Director General Enforcement and Compliance

Also attending: Simon MacDowall, Alicia O’Neill, Crispin Ellison, Nick Lodge, Martin Sellar, Robert Eve, Simon Hopkins

Matters arising

Minutes of 11 and 18 December were amended and agreed.

The committee discussed hot topics from across the Department.

ExCom paper ‘Transformational Government’ was agreed.

Introduction to the role of the Chief People Office
Robin Roberts described the key themes around people to be addressed in the Department.

Operating model

Crispin Ellison discussed the principles behind amendments to the operating model.

Departmental budget

Stuart Cruickshank and Simon Hopkins updated ExCom on the Department’s finances.

Data security

Nick Lodge reviewed recent developments in data security.

Security and stability

Bernadette Kenny proposed options for mitigating risks facing the Department’s performance and delivery.

AOB

Stuart Cruickshank updated ExCom on changes to the Portfolio Finance Director (PFD) structure.

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on 22 January in Room G57 100 Parliament Street.

Executive Committee Secretariat