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HRA Board Business Expenses, 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026

Last updated on 6 Nov 2025

HRA Board Business Expenses, April 2025

Name Position Travel & Subsistence -
Travel excluding Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Accommodation & Subsistence 		Other Total
Neelam Patel Interim Chair £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Mark Buswell Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Alastair Denniston Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Andrew George Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Marian Knight Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Matthew Westmore Chief Executive £346.50 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £346.50
Dr Janet Messer Director of the Approvals Service £159.40 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £159.40
Becky Purvis Director of Policy and Partnerships £150.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £150.00
Julie Waters Chief Digital Transformation Officer £189.40 £5.90 £172.90 £0.00 £368.20
Karen Williams Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Total £845.30 £5.90 £172.90 £0.00 1024.10

HRA Board Business Expenses, May 2025

Name Position Travel & Subsistence -
Travel excluding Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Accommodation & Subsistence 		Other Total
Neelam Patel Interim Chair £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Mark Buswell Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Alastair Denniston Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Andrew George Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Marian Knight Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Matthew Westmore Chief Executive £454.30 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £454.30
Dr Janet Messer Director of the Approvals Service £241.80 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £241.80
Becky Purvis Director of Policy and Partnerships £113.20 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £113.20
Julie Waters Chief Digital Transformation Officer £292.10 £5.90 £7.90 £0.00 £305.90
Karen Williams Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources £89.50 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £89.50
Total £1,190.90 £5.90 £7.90 £0.00 £1,204.70

HRA Board Business Expenses, June 2025

Name Position Travel & Subsistence -
Travel excluding Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Accommodation & Subsistence 		Other Total
Neelam Patel Interim Chair £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Mark Buswell Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Alastair Denniston Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Andrew George Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Marian Knight Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Matthew Westmore Chief Executive £218.80 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £218.80
Dr Janet Messer Director of the Approvals Service £150.20 £0.00 £579.30 £0.00 £729.50
Becky Purvis Director of Policy and Partnerships £118.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £118.00
Julie Waters Chief Digital Transformation Officer £24.70 £10.03 £22.24 £0.00 £56.97
Karen Williams Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Total £511.70 £10.03 £601.54 £0.00 £1,123.27

HRA Board Business Expenses, July 2025

Name Position Travel & Subsistence -
Travel excluding Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Accommodation & Subsistence 		Other Total
Neelam Patel Chair £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Mark Buswell Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Alastair Denniston Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Andrew George Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Marian Knight Non-Executive Director £84.70 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £84.70
Dr Matthew Westmore Chief Executive £289.90 £0.00 £115.18 £0.00 £405.08
Dr Janet Messer Director of the Approvals Service £88.50 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £88.50
Becky Purvis Director of Policy and Partnerships £100.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £100.00
Julie Waters Chief Digital Transformation Officer £149.00 £40.71 £160.00 £0.00 £349.71
Karen Williams Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources £311.80 £0.00 £122.88 £0.00 £434.68
Total £1,023.90 £40.71 £398.06 £0.00 £1,462.67

HRA Board Business Expenses, August 2025

Name Position Travel & Subsistence -
Travel excluding Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Accommodation & Subsistence 		Other Total
Neelam Patel Chair £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Mark Buswell Non-Executive Director £19.80 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £19.80
Professor Alastair Denniston Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Andrew George Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Marian Knight Non-Executive Director £4.20 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £4.20
Dr Matthew Westmore Chief Executive £158.50 £0.00 £248.37 £0.00 £406.87
Dr Janet Messer Director of the Approvals Service £78.40 £0.00 £475.80 £0.00 £554.20
Becky Purvis Director of Policy and Partnerships £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Julie Waters Chief Digital Transformation Officer £177.00 £149.27 £500.80 £0.00 £827.07
Karen Williams Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources £149.00 £0.00 £97.45 £0.00 £246.45
Total £586.90 £149.27 £1,322.42 £0.00 £2,058.59

HRA Board Business Expenses, September 2025

Name Position Travel & Subsistence -
Travel excluding Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Accommodation & Subsistence 		Other Total
Neelam Patel Chair £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Mark Buswell Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Alastair Denniston Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Marian Knight Non-Executive Director £77.30 £0.00 £109.70 £0.00 £187.00
Dr Matthew Westmore Chief Executive £574.70 £0.00 £109.70 £0.00 £684.40
Dr Janet Messer Director of the Approvals Service £291.30 £0.00 £130.78 £0.00 £422.08
Becky Purvis Director of Policy and Partnerships £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Julie Waters Chief Digital Transformation Officer £451.10 £0.00 £333.68 £0.00 £784.78
Karen Williams Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources £132.90 £0.00 £195.64 £0.00 £328.54
Total £1,527.30 £0.00 £879.50 £0.00 £2,406.80

HRA Board Business Expenses, October 2025

Name Position Travel & Subsistence -
Travel excluding Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Business Mileage 		Travel & Subsistence -
Accommodation & Subsistence 		Other Total
Neelam Patel Chair £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Dr Mark Buswell Non-Executive Director £34.90 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £34.90
Professor Alastair Denniston Non-Executive Director £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Professor Marian Knight Non-Executive Director £8.80 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £8.80
Dr Matthew Westmore Chief Executive £383.10 £0.00 £8.00 £0.00 £391.10
Dr Janet Messer Director of the Approvals Service £246.20 £0.00 £62.20 £0.00 £308.40
Becky Purvis Director of Policy and Partnerships £172.30 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £172.30
Julie Waters Chief Digital Transformation Officer £103.80 £25.96 £190.00 £0.00 £319.76
Karen Williams Deputy Chief Executive and Director of Resources £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Total £949.10 £25.96 £260.20 £0.00 £1,235.26
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