1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Sera.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Thanks. Just before I bring Sera in, just one last point from me on this, then. So, whilst there may not be anything concrete ahead of the Chancellor's budget at the end of this month, I'd be interested in any mood music that you may be hearing as to what…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Sure.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Thank you, Cabinet Minister—
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Is it different to what you expected in terms of the challenges you're facing?
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Thank you, Cabinet Minister, and you’ve outlined those challenges in terms of the real-terms cuts that you will be having to manage. Clearly, there are areas outside of your control, outside of many of our control, in terms of global events and the pressures…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you again for being with us this morning. We have just over an hour together to talk through this pre-budget scrutiny. I appreciate, Cabinet Minister, it's your first budget to plan for and work towards. I'm just wondering, perhaps, as a…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2027-28 - Craffu cyn y gyllideb: Y Gweinidog Cabinet dros Gyllid
Welcome, everybody, back to our Finance Committee meeting here today. The next item on our agenda is item 6, which is the Welsh Government draft budget 2027-28—pre-budget scrutiny. We're really pleased to have Cabinet Minister for Finance with us here this…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o eitem 5 ac eitem 7
So, Members, we're going to move into item 4, which is a motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5 and 7. Are Members content? Great, I can see that you are. Thank you.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you so much, and thank you for all your time with us this morning; it's very much appreciated.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. As the newish auditor general, what sort of plans will you want to present, sooner rather than later, to get those measures up to the place where you'd want them to be, and to continue to support institutions here in Wales to establish that trust?
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch yn fawr iawn. The work of audit, generally, is so important and powerful in that trust issue, certainly at a time in public life and in institutions where the risks are around trust and how organisations are perceived, so we value your work immensely…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay, thank you. I'll bring Sera in to wrap things up. Sera.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, before we look forward a little bit—Chair's prerogative—a few more little questions. I'm interested, on the KPIs, there's a particular KPI around social media, which is an interesting thought, and you measure trying to achieve a certain amount of…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch yn fawr. Okay. Ben, we've got about 10 minutes and then we'll wrap things up.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch yn fawr. Huw.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Huw, perhaps before we move on to something slightly different from your side. From a board perspective, Ian, I wonder how you get those assurances that the balance is about right between temporary staff to deal with peaks and troughs and then permanent staff…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. We'll have to move on, I think, because time's really flying here. I do apologise. I know, Huw, you had some questions as well.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you. Lyn, back to you.
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Sera, I will come back to you, and then I will come back to you in a moment, Lyn, okay?
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
It's a slightly strange thing to be challenged on, because it's an underspend not an overspend, isn't it, so I appreciate that, but I guess when you're coming here looking for estimates for next year, it is about understanding how accurate those may or may…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
The evidence seems to show that you are, doesn't it?
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Before we go any further on this, to be clear on this, the 3.2 per cent underspend, essentially, are you over-egging your estimates every year? In the previous financial year it was 3.2 per cent, this time 3.2 per cent—quite a way from the 2 per cent target…
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thanks for that. Lyn, before you jump back in, Sera, do you want to pick up anything on this point here now?
1 Hydref 2026 , Finance Committee
Archwilio Cymru – Gwaith craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol a Chyfrifon 2026-27 a Chynllun Blynyddol 2027-28: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay, diolch yn fawr iawn. Thank you. Lyn.