Lesley Strathie – Chair
Dave Hartnett
Mike Eland
Bernadette Kenny
Cathy Wilcher
Deepak Singh
Simon Bowles
Phil Pavitt
Melanie Dawes
Anthony Inglese
Steve Lamey
Simon MacDowall
Helen Daniels
Jeremy Greenfield
Richard Summersgill
Mark Neale
Vince Groome
Mike Shipp
Martin Mills
Samantha Foley
Margaret Exley (Stonecourt Consulting)
Niran Khera
Lesley welcomed Phil Pavitt to ExCom and HMRC and thanked Deepak Singh for his contributions in both roles he performed within HMRC.
Minor amendments were made to the minutes of the 11 August 2009.
No further comment provided on the Communications approach update.
IT Master Classes were welcomed and discussions were had on the timing of
the classes to be provided.
ExCom considered the Strategy Communications and Stakeholder Plan. The Committee discussed the importance of identifying stakeholders that would require greater engagement. Further consideration on the paper was required by the Committee and ExCom were asked to feed their comments to Jeremy Greenfield.
Jeremy Greenfield also provided an update on the work to date including the modelling work being conducted.
The relationship between the Investment Committee and the new Gateway and Design Authority and how this would work with the Change Delivery Committee was outlined by Dave Hartnett.
It was agreed that the implementation of this Investment and Change Delivery sub-committees was in line with wider governance work being conducted. Endorsement to proceed with both sub-committees was given by the Committee.
The Committee was asked to consider proposals for managing overspend in this financial year. Agreement was reached on two proposals but it was agreed that further work on enablers was required before further proposals would be considered.
The Committee agreed that Performance Committee would be the Delivery Board for delivery of HMRC’s objectives. Oversight of the objectives would be delegated to the Chief Finance Officer (CFO). The CFO would be the single point of contact for engagement with the Treasury, the NAO and PAC. This clarifies accountabilities and responsibilities around oversight of the objectives.
The Committee discussed the governance and roles and responsibilities of each line of business in delivering the changes required as a result of Programme Quantum. The Committee asked for further information from IMS to explain the implications of Quantum and how to secure benefits to be achieved.
Dave Hartnett asked the Committee to inform him of further information they may have gleaned relating to OGDs or wider public sector agencies employing accounting firms.
Risk would be included on the agenda for the 22 September 2009.
