HMRC Executive Committee: Agenda and summary - 10 March 2009 9.00 am

Attendees

Lesley Strathie – Chair
Dave Hartnett
Mike Eland
Steve Lamey
Bernadette Kenny
Anthony Inglese
Deepak Singh
Melanie Dawes

Apologies

Cathy Wilcher

Invitees

Mary Aiston, Simon MacDowall, Mark Neale, Simon Norris, Guy Hooper, Penny Ciniewicz, Frank McGurdy, Helen Daniels

Secretariat

Peter Hankins, Jackie Riley

1 Minutes, matters arising, action points

Lesley Strathie reported back on the PAC hearing.

Amendments to the minutes were agreed.

Current Action Points should remain open for the time being.

2 Modernising late filing and late payment penalty and interest regimes

Dave Hartnett introduced the proposals, explaining that currently HMRC has a wide range of different regimes for penalties and interest charges.

The Committee welcomed the proposals as the direction that we should move in but it was noted that ExCom would need to return to this subject once we had a clear implementation plan.

3 Criminal Record Checks on HMRC staff

In Cathy Wilcher’s absence, Frank McGurdy explained that in accordance with ExCom’s request following the earlier discussion, further work had been done.

Although the Committee recognised the importance of the issue, it felt some concerns. It also felt the need for assurance that the underlying policy position was clear. It therefore asked for some further research to be done.

4 Information Management Assessment of HMRC

Dave Hartnett introduced Penny Ciniewicz, who explained that the forthcoming exercise would assess our record and information management.

The Committee agreed that preparatory work should go ahead, but it felt that Lines of Business were the best level on which to approach the issue.

5 AOB

Simon MacDowall explained plans for communicating the Business Plan.

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