Minutes of the CPS Board meeting on 28 May 2008

Present

Peter Lewis (Chair)
John Graham
Mike Kennedy
Rob Sykes
Gerard Lemos

Guests

Robert Stevenson (Items 3 and 4)

Apologies

Ken Macdonald
Philip Oliver

Secretariat

Matthew McGonagle
Annabel Benoit

Item 1: Note of last meeting and actions arising

1. The Board agreed the note from the last meeting held on 16 April and the update on actions arising from previous meetings.

Item 2: The Chief Executive's update

2. The Chief Executive updated the Board on issues that had arisen since the last Board.

Item 3: Continuous improvement

3. The Board considered a paper on continuous improvement in the CPS based on the Optimum Business Model experience and agreed an approach going forward.

Item 4: Q4 performance report

4. The Board considered the Delivery Assurance Report and was satisfied with the course of action outlined for the reported exceptions.

Item 5: Financial management - provisional outturn report 2007/08

5. The Board considered a paper on the provisional financial outturn for 2007/08 and agreed the approach to deliver greater consistency of reporting.

Item 6: Statement of internal control

6. The Board approved the Statement of Internal Control (SIC) for the Director's signature.

Item 7: Corporate risks

7. The Board considered a paper on corporate risk and agreed the risks detailed for 2008/09.

Item 8: AOB

8. There was no AOB.

Item 9: Below the Line

9. The Board approved the following:

• Chevening Senior Management follow-up
• Capability Review Update.

Strategy Planning & Change Division
May 2008