HMRC Executive Committee: Agenda and summary - 18 March 2008 9.00 am Room G/57 100 Parliament Street

Attendees

Dave Hartnett - Acting Chairman
David Hogg – Director General Governance and Security
Mike Hanson – Director General Benefits and Credits
Steve Lamey – Director General Benefits and Credits
Philip Moore – Chief Finance Officer
Melanie Dawes - Acting Director General Business Tax
Mike Eland - Director General Enforcement and Compliance
Deepak Singh - Acting Chief Information Officer
Bernadette Kenny - Director General Personal Tax
Anthony Inglese - General Counsel and Solicitor

Secretariat

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

Apologies

None

Also attending

Matthew Archer (shadowing Deepak Singh), Jane Champion, Brian O’Callaghan, Simon Hopkins, Peter Michael, Jeremy Storey, Alistair Maughan, Elena Williams

1 Matters arising

The minutes of 4 March were amended and agreed.
ExCom members discussed hot topics arising from within their portfolios.

2 The Staff Survey

ExCom discussed the length and structure of the staff survey, considering whether alternatives would proffer a more constructive management tool.

The Committee also reviewed headline findings from the survey.

3 Quarterly Strategic Reviews

Philip Moore proposed that the Quarterly Strategic Review (QSR) meetings should be forward looking meetings with the Chairman plus appropriate Directors General and Chiefs. These meetings should not cut across the personal accountabilities of the Directors General. The Committee also considered the draft management information pack for QSRs.

4 HMRC Budget

Philip Moore updated the Committee on budget allocations for the next financial year.

5 Disaster recovery

Deepak Singh discussed the disaster recovery plans in place for the Department’s main systems and proposed reviewed potential options for future investment.

6 IT service provider

ExCom reviewed the background and future options for negotiations with HMRC’s former IT service provider.

7 The Chancellors Budget

The Committee considered Budget measures and their implications for HMRC. The Committee noted the economic background, the political context, implications for ongoing work through the policy partnership, and the consequences of the Budget on HMRC’s customers.

8 AOB

Further work is required to understand the policy and implementation around open storage units in offices.

The Committee extended the deadline for comments for correspondence paper 'Drug Screening in HMRC'

The Committee agreed correspondence paper 'Fundamental Review of TSR:DTA'

The Committee agreed correspondence paper 'Industrial Relations Offer'. The Committee noted that further thought should be given supporting 'Directors implement outcomes from agreements with the unions'

The next meeting of the Executive Committee will be on 1 April 2008 in Room G57 100 Parliament Street.

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