Public finances

Statistics published by the Welsh Government. Each chart covers the years since the 2016 Senedd election, or as far back as the figures go, and marks each election since.

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The Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 belongs to the Seventh Senedd. Choose the Seventh Senedd to see how often each commitment has come up.

Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.

The Welsh Government's latest press releases and Cabinet statements on this brief.

1. Press release, 27 September 2026

   UK Budget must deliver on its rail promises to Wales

   Welsh Government urges Chancellor to speed up delivery of £14 billion rail pledge, as current funding covers just 1% of Network Rail's spend across England and Wales.

Statements, debates and legislation in Plenary on this brief, newest first. Oral question sessions are counted in the contributions below.

1. 3 March 2026Legislation

   & 8. The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments and Transitory Provision) Regulations 2026 and The Online Safety Act 2023 (Exempt User-to-User and Search Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2026

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer8 contributions

2. 24 February 2026Legislation

   The Building Safety Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2026

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd8 contributions

3. 22 October 2024Legislation

   The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 (Consequential Provision) (Primary Legislation) Regulations 2024

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd7 contributions

4. 16 July 2024Legislation

   & 6. The Digital Government (Welsh Bodies) Regulations 2024 and The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2024

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer9 contributions

5. 20 March 2024Debate

   Barnett formula

   Plaid Cymru Debate

   Opened by Paul Davies27 contributions

6. 27 February 2024Legislation

   Statutory Instrument Consent Memorandum—The Social Housing (Regulation) Act 2023 (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2024

   Opened by Y Llywydd / The Llywydd12 contributions

7. 12 December 2023Legislation

   Statutory Instrument Consent Motion on the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer8 contributions

8. 5 December 2023Legislation

   The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2023

   Opened by Y Dirprwy Lywydd / The Deputy Presiding Officer7 contributions

Votes are tagged from their own titles and the agenda item they were held under.

Ministers' meetings with outside organisations and their engagements on this brief, from the register the Welsh Government publishes every three months. 5 since the 2026 election; the latest:

1. 17 September 2026

   Bilateral between Cabinet Minister for Finance Welsh Government and Chief Secretary to the Treasury

   Meeting, Cabinet Minister for Finance

2. 22 July 2026

   PW/CMF - Call with the Chancellor

   Meeting, Cabinet Minister for Finance

3. 22 July 2026

   Chancellor of the Exchequer

   Meeting, First Minister of Wales

4. 30 June 2026

   Briefing from Minister for Armed Forces and Chief Secretary to the Treasury

   Meeting, Cabinet Minister for Finance

5. 16 June 2026

   Introductory virtual meeting with Chief Secretary to the Treasury

   Meeting, Cabinet Minister for Finance

Source: Welsh Government, ministerial meetings and engagements. The register is published three months or more after the meetings it lists.

• 37% of Welsh adults said levels of taxation would be very important to their vote.

Ipsos asked 747 Welsh adults aged 16+ between 2 April 2026 and 8 April 2026, before the 2026 Senedd election. People could choose as many issues as they liked. More on public opinion.

68 written questions to the Welsh Government on this brief in the Sixth Senedd, 66 answered so far. The latest:

1. Sioned WilliamsPlaid18 March 2026

   How much consequential funding has the Welsh Government received as a result of the UK Government's new Violence Against Women and Girls Strategy, and has that funding been ringfenced for measures to end violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence in Wales and, if so, what are the details of the…

   To the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language. Answered 27 March 2026

2. Heledd FychanPlaid3 March 2026

   Will the Cabinet Secretary provide a breakdown of the new spending plans by UK Government departments that the Welsh Government expects will generate consequential funding for Wales as a result of the UK Spring Statement?

   To the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language. Answered 11 March 2026

3. Heledd FychanPlaid3 March 2026

   How much consequential funding does the Cabinet Secretary expect will be passed on to Wales as a result of the UK Government's spring statement, on top of funding plans already announced in the Autumn Budget?

   To the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language. Answered 10 March 2026

4. Siân GwenllianPlaid23 February 2026

   Following the previous announcement by the UK Government of £5 billion in relation to supporting the expenditure on special educational needs in local authorities in England, will the Cabinet Secretary confirm whether there is any consequential funding for Wales arising from that decision; and if so, how much?

   To the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language. Answered 27 February 2026

5. Siân GwenllianPlaid23 February 2026

   Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm whether Wales will receive consequential funding following the UK Government's announcement of £4 billion of additional spending on special educational needs in England, and if so, how much?

   To the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language. Answered 27 February 2026

All 68 written questions on this brief

2 petitions to the Senedd on this brief, open ones first, then by signatures:

1. Restore a fair funding route so Welsh students aren’t shut out from MT/dance degrees in England

   Closed

   10,585 signatures

2. Welsh Government to provide fair funding to Cardiff Council to enable essential works on Roath Park Primary

   Closed

   658 signatures

Committee sessions where this brief was on the agenda, newest first.

1. 19 January 2026Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Consequential amendments to enactments (Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)

   Group 1

   31 contributions

2. 5 March 2024Committee of the Whole Senedd

   Part 3 of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill: minor and consequential amendments (Amendments 68, 69, 89)

   Group 12

   6 contributions

3. 23 March 2023Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

   Commencement of Part 4 of Schedule 7 of the Agriculture Act 2020 – consequential amendments (Amendments 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)

   Group 15

   21 contributions

4. 13 February 2023Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee

   Minor and consequential amendments and repeals, and transitional and saving provisions

   Group 9

   13 contributions

Articles by Senedd Research, the Senedd's impartial research service, on this brief, published in the Sixth Senedd.

1. Planning (Wales) Bill and Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill: resource page

   11 December 2025

   The Planning (Wales) Bill and the Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill were introduced into the Senedd on Monday 15 September 2025.

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2,911 contributions in the Sixth Senedd, newest first.

1. Peter Keates

   17 January 2024, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee

   Evidence Session: Building Safety in Wales

   …Peter has mentioned that. But due to the need in terms of moving forward and what was set out, the consequential impact of what was happening was to be expected. LABC very early set up the Building Safety Competence Foundation, and that delivers competence validation for those responsible for…

   Tagged for: “consequential”Official Record

2. Luke FletcherPlaid

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Plaid Cymru Debate: Apprenticeships

   …be addressed, as the Minister referenced, with Wales losing as a result of the levy not working via the Barnett formula. You also touched on the need for difficult conversations, and I agree. The Minister asked what's a Government to do. Well, I'd start, perhaps, with a willingness to engage with…

   Tagged for: “Barnett”Official Record

3. Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Plaid Cymru Debate: Apprenticeships

   …If Labour were to get into power in Westminster in the next election, would Keir Starmer give Wales fair funding, and will you commit to putting pressure on a UK Labour Government to give Wales the fair funding we need in order to fund these projects?

   Tagged for: “fair funding”Official Record

4. Vaughan GethingLabour

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Plaid Cymru Debate: Apprenticeships

   …our budget next year is now worth £1.3 billion less compared with the figures originally set out by the Chancellor two years ago. Or, to put that another way, Cwm Taf Morgannwg, last year, had £1.2 billion to run all of their services—midwives, health visitors, local practice, community services…

   Tagged for: “Chancellor”Official Record

5. Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: Healthcare inspection and funding

   No, I don't accept that. I accept the fact that Scotland is doing better out of that than Wales, but we need to see a reform of the Barnett formula for the reasons I'm listing here now, because we're not funded properly in order to fund our NHS here in Wales. In contrast to the Conservatives, the…

   Tagged for: “Barnett”, “fair funding”Official Record

6. Mark IsherwoodConservative

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: Healthcare inspection and funding

   …on, the leaders of the UK Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties pledged to retain the Barnett formula as an offer to the Scottish population because, obviously, they do relatively better out of it than we do, and that's what's holding back all the UK national parties at UK level?

   Tagged for: “Barnett”Official Record

7. Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: Healthcare inspection and funding

   Perhaps if the Conservatives were willing to commit to strengthening Wales's ability to make substantive adjustments to the block grant through the further devolution of taxation and borrowing powers, they would have far more credibility on this matter. But they're not. So they haven't. Secondly and…

   Tagged for: “block grant”, “borrowing powers”, “Barnett”Official Record

8. Mabon ap GwynforPlaid

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: Healthcare inspection and funding

   …resilient and operational NHS that we all want to see without seeing a fundamental reform of the Barnett formula, which means that Wales is underfunded on an annual basis. Without that honest recognition, then I'm afraid that the substance of the Conservative motion today loses all credibility.…

   Tagged for: “Barnett”Translated from WelshOfficial Record

9. Gareth DaviesConservative

   17 January 2024, Plenary

   Welsh Conservatives Debate: Healthcare inspection and funding

   …to be drawn up to ensure these facilities meet the standard expected. We also want to see the full Barnett consequential 20 per cent uplift for health actually being spent on its intended recipient, the Welsh NHS. The Welsh Government should reverse its plans for real-terms cuts to the Welsh NHS…

   Tagged for: “Barnett”, “consequential”Official Record

10. Vaughan GethingLabour

    16 January 2024, Plenary

    Debate: Levelling-up

    …be a wasteful spend of public money, or, actually, the potential that money will simply be returned to the Treasury. That is not what levelling-up funds were supposed to do. As we wind those levelling-up schemes down towards the end of the year, it is vital to learn lessons from the failure to…

    Tagged for: “the Treasury”Official Record

11. Alun DaviesLabour

    16 January 2024, Plenary

    Debate: Levelling-up

    …was going to be that these matters are determined by an independent funding commission and not by the Treasury. Because the one thing that every department of state, wherever they sit, whether it's in the Welsh Government, the Scottish Government or any part of the Westminster system, will tell you…

    Tagged for: “the Treasury”Official Record

12. Darren MillarConservative

    16 January 2024, Plenary

    Debate: Levelling-up

    I'm grateful to you for taking an intervention. I completely agree with you that the Barnett formula is past its sell-by date and we need a new needs-based formula. When this matter was last considered, by the commission that was established by the Welsh Government, it actually proposed a level of…

    Tagged for: “Barnett”Official Record

13. Alun DaviesLabour

    16 January 2024, Plenary

    Debate: Levelling-up

    …intent has ended. HS2 is now simply a fast railway connecting Birmingham and London, apparently so consequential to Wales that we will be deprived funding because of the economic benefit that we will feel as a consequence of this. That is simply not serious economics. Nobody takes it seriously. We…

    Tagged for: “consequential”Official Record

14. Rebecca EvansLabour

    16 January 2024, Plenary

    The Council Tax Reduction Schemes (Prescribed Requirements and Default Scheme) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2024

    …a widowed parent’s allowance back payment or a retrospective bereavement support payment. The proposed consequential amendment will disregard the payment received from the calculation of an applicant’s capital under the scheme. These regulations I bring forward today maintain entitlements to…

    Tagged for: “consequential”Official Record

15. Eluned MorganLabour

    16 January 2024, Plenary

    Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Winter pressures in healthcare

    …from, so it would be very helpful if we knew where that was coming from and if there's going to be a consequential. Part of the problem we have is that everybody else across the Welsh NHS, in terms of 'Agenda for Change', has accepted that 5 per cent offer. Now, if you start saying, 'No, but we're…

    Tagged for: “consequential”Official Record

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