, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay, thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Jest un peth yn olaf, sori. A ydy'r data dŷch chi'n ei gasglu yn cynnwys penodiadau rheoleiddiedig, y rhai sydd ddim wedi eu rheoleiddio a'r trydydd categori o benodiadau sydd ddim o dan unrhyw fath o weithdrefn o gwbl? A ydych chi'n ei gasglu fe ar draws pob…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Diolch. Mae yn gwestiwn eithaf pwysig, achos mae'r gwahaniaeth yn eithaf syfrdanol, a dweud y gwir.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
And in looking at the linguistic element, the information that you published in your paper with regard to the Welsh language skills of people who have applied and who have been appointed during the year, in the year that you mentioned, between July 2023 and…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. So, in your previous correspondence in terms of collecting data, you referred to the pilot surveys of public boards, and I don't think that the findings of those pilot surveys have been published. Perhaps you can answer that in a moment. But, in your…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
So, you will be consulting on those targets.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. And finally, then—you've already mentioned this broadly—the final step was to consult on targets in this area in terms of the different groups, and how they're reflected in appointments, and to set targets then if a Minister decides to do so. You've…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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But does that report focus on this work in public appointments, and does it provide data? Are you commissioning work in order to assess that progress?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Just to be clear, I'm not talking about a plan for evaluating across the whole strategy. I think this action point is to do with commissioning an assessment, at least on an annual basis, against progress, and then publishing that assessment. That hasn't…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
The fourth action point was to do with commissioning the evaluation and monitoring work, on the basis of the quantitative and qualitative data, with regard to progress against the different elements, and to introduce an annual report on that basis. Am I right…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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But, if I'm right, this action point was specifically with regard to working with bodies and organisations that work with people with disabilities in terms of self-identification on disability matters. Are those conversations ongoing with disability bodies…
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Okay, thank you. Can you, as well as you can, confirm what your understanding is with regard to where you had reached with the other steps, because we have a specific interest in the data? The second step was to establish a robust system for collecting data…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Yes, Chair, if that's okay. I'd like to return to some of the questions with regard to diversity data that I touched on earlier. With the 'Reflecting Wales in Running Wales' report, the first intention was to collect and share data, and then there were five…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Okay. I have no further questions. Thank you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Was the Senedd informed about the decision not to establish the governance group, do you know?
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Do you think that the failure to establish that governance group was a contributory factor to the lack of delivery against the strategy's objectives?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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Why, and who made that decision?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
But it is true to say, isn't it, that the governance group that had been set out in the strategy was never established, was it?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
There was detailed information in the strategy about the diversity and inclusion governance group in public appointments. There was information about the proposed membership and the terms of reference. Was that governance group established?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
There was a section about the governance of the strategy in the document, and it said this: ‘There is a need for a governance approach to ensure ownership of the strategy, to ensure scrutiny and support and to hold the leadership to account. And this needs to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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So, at best, delivering action point 1 of objective 1 is going to be done very late. At worst, it perhaps hasn't been delivered at all, but we'll have to wait for the answer on that. But, even at best, this is not a good delivery record, is it, against that…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
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But the strategy was quite clear, wasn't it? There was an entire paragraph emphasising the need to have the data relating to things like language, socioeconomic background, and geographical area, and we had a discussion about that, and we've corresponded with…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Gan fynd nôl, felly, at y strategaeth wreiddiol, 'Adlewyrchu Cymru wrth Redeg Cymru', cam gweithredu 1 nod 1 y strategaeth oedd casglu data gan holl aelodau presennol byrddau Cymru i sefydlu llinell sylfaen er mwyn dylanwadu ar gamau…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Public Appointments: evidence session with Welsh Government
I want to take us back to the original strategy, so if Natasha wants to finish her questions about the future, and then I'll come back on my issue, Chair.
, Plenary
Motion to establish a committee
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd, and the proposed Chair of the new committee. I stand in a personal capacity, but I also want to warmly welcome the creation of this committee. What better and striking and more inspiring title could it have than the Future Senedd…
