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Paul Gray was the Chairman of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC), the British Government Department primarily responsible for taxation and border protection. He resigned on 20th November 2007.
Early career
Paul Gray joined the Civil Service in 1969 as an economist at HM Treasury. During his time there he variously worked during on agriculture, industry and employment issues and co-ordinated the Public Expenditure Survey process. Except for two years working for Booker McConnell Ltd in the late 1970s as a corporate planner, he remained at the Treasury until 1988, when he was appointed Economic Affairs Private Secretary to the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher.
In 1990 Paul returned to the Treasury. He worked on monetary policy, serving as a member of the EU Monetary Committee. From 1995 to 1998 he was Director of Budget and Public Finances, taking overall responsibility for the Finance Bill process.
Department of Work and Pensions
Paul joined the Department of Social Security in 1998 as head of policy. He played a major role in forming the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP), a department created by merging the DSS, the Employment Service and parts of the former Department for Education and Skills. He later became Second Permanent Secretary and Managing Director, Pensions and Disability.
HM Revenue and Customs
In September 2004 he was appointed Deputy Chairman of both the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise, as those organisations prepared to merge. Subsequently he was appointed Deputy Chairman of HM Revenue & Customs. On 1 September 2006 Paul Gray was appointed Acting Chairman of HMRC, following the resignation of Sir David Varney (who moved to the Treasury). His position was made permanent in February 2007, until his resignation on 20 November 2007 following the loss of 25 million child benefit records.[1]