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Date Business
04 March 2013
3:15 pm
Subject: The impact of Government's ICT savings initiatives and Improving Government procurement
Witness(es): Andy Nelson, Chief Information Officer, Department of Work and Pensions (formerly Ministry of Justice) and Mike Greatwich, MOD Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) Commercial Director, Ministry of Defence; Richard Heaton, Permanent Secretary, Cabinet Office, Stephen Kelly, Chief Operating Officer, Cabinet Office, David Shields, Managing Director, Government Procurement Service and Mike Bracken, Executive Director, Government Digital Service/Government Chief Technology Officer
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
06 March 2013
3:15 pm
Subject: Tax credits fraud and error
Witness(es): Sue Royston, Policy Officer, Welfare Policy Team, Citizens Advice and Community Legal Advice; Lin Homer, Chief Executive and Permanent Secretary, HMRC and Nick Lodge, Director General Benefits and Credits, HMRC
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
07 March 2013
9:45 am
Subject: SFO qualification of Accounts and Tax Avoidance
Witness(es): Richard Alderman, former Director, Serious Fraud Office and David Green CB QC, Director Serious Fraud Office; William Shawcross, Chair, Charity Commission, Sam Younger, Chief Executive, Charity Commission, Lin Homer, Permanent Secretary and Chief Exeutive, HMRC and David Richardson, Director of Specialist Personal Tax, HMRC
Location: Room 15, Palace of Westminster
11 March 2013
3:15 pm
Subject: Responding to changes in jobcentres
Witness(es): ; Robert Devereux, Permanent Secretary, Department for Work and Pensions and Mike Driver, Head of Corpoarte Planning, Department for Work and Pensions
13 March 2013
3:15 pm
Subject: UK cyber security
Witness(es): Professor Sadie Creese, Professor of Cybersecurity, Oxford University, Dr Thomas Rid, Reader, Kings College London and Mark Hughes, BT Managing Director of Security; Oliver Robbins, Cabinet Office, James Quinault, Cabinet Office and Ken McCallum, Head of Cyber Security, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

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