Lesley Strathie - Chair
Dave Hartnett
Bernadette Kenny
Steve Lamey
Anthony Inglese
Melanie Dawes
Deepak Singh
Simon MacDowall
Simon Bowles
Mike Eland
Cathy Wilcher
Mark Neale
Helen Daniels
Alicia O’Neill
Simon Hopkins
Dorothy Brown
Naomi Ferguson
Martin Cook
Jeremy Greenfield
Paul Hirst
Jim Begley
Mary Aiston
Aeneas Whiting
Kate Ramm
Niran Khera
Following promotion to Grade 7 Niran Khera will be the permanent ExCom Secretariat and will work with Margaret Exley on the ExCom process.
One minor amendment was made to the minutes of the 14 July.
Action points 100 and 101 relating to organisation design were updated.
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The Committee was asked for a steer on the work to be considered prior to going to the Board. The Committee agreed the focus should be on the three lines of business supported by Enforcement and Compliance. Melanie Dawes, Dave Hartnett, Mike Eland, Bernadette Kenny and Richard Summersgill would be week commencing 7 September to agree a common approach and way forward to ensure there are clear choices and consistent direction around the strategy. Jeremy Greenfield was asked to provide information to facilitate this discussion.
Alicia O’Neill asked the Committee for final approval on the capability re-review Self Assessment document which is to be published and sent to the Cabinet Office on Friday the 31 July. Alicia thanked CaM and Branding for working with her team. The Committee approved the Self Assessment and Alicia O’Neill was commended on the work her and her team had done on the report.
ExCom were given an update on current status and options.
Mary Aiston informed the Committee of two new risks for the Departmental Risk Register. The Committee discussed the scoring of the risk on swine flu. A plan for future deep dives on risks was introduced by Mary Aiston. The positioning of other risk was discussed.
Melanie Dawes introduced the risk on the economic downturn and informed the Committee that this area was initially co-ordinated by business tax, partly through the weakening economy group where lines of business come together to discuss the economic downturn and the impact. This risk is now jointly managed with Enforcement & Compliance and compliance risks are discussed by the Compliance Strategy Group, chaired by Mike Eland.
The Committee discussed its membership to the National Economic Council.
The Committee also discussed the impact of changing demographics and behaviours which impact on this risk. The Committee agreed that it was imperative to understand how such shifts will impact on resources and planning.
The Committee discussed the Professional Skills for Government correspondence paper. Lesley Strathie distributed a leaflet from Civil Service Live which outlines professional skills for Operational Delivery. Bernadette Kenny informed the Committee that she is working with Tessa Cottis on the skills agenda.
Dorothy Brown confirmed that she is taking forward work on apprenticeships.
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