, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you very much indeed. Does anybody else have any final comments? Sioned Evans first, and then Andrew.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
I think Dean Medcraft may have a comment.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Diolch. Thank you. I'm sorry; Dr Goodall, had you concluded your reflections?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you. Can I just invite Cefin Campbell to come in?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thanks very much, Cefin Campbell. That brings us to my final question, and in fact our final question to you this Senedd term in terms of scrutiny of Welsh Government accounts. Noting that it is the last time you'll come before this committee in relation to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay, thank you. I'd just also pick up on a response from Mr Slade earlier when he indicated that he could go back to Wrexham County Borough Council for clarification regarding Wrexham AFC and compliance with the UK subsidy requirements. I'd be grateful if…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Just to clarify, will there be formal meetings, and if so, when will that happen?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you very much indeed. Before we move on, can I just ask a further question following the earlier responses on Industry Wales? How do you respond to the statement by Industry Wales that, despite assurances that the Welsh Government will work closely with…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you very much indeed. In that case, can I invite Tom Giffard to ask his questions?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you. Cefin Campbell has some further questions on governance, before moving on to some questions on losses. So, Cefin, I'd be grateful if you could take up the questioning.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
My screen has disappeared. In which case, can I invite Mike Hedges to take up the questions, please?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. Cefin, you have no further questions? I've lost you.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. Diolch. Thank you. I see no other indications of anyone wishing to speak. At this point, I should state for the record that we've received apologies from two Members today, from Rhianon Passmore and Adam Price. I'd like to welcome Cefin Campbell, who's…
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Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. Thank you. Again, developing this, why is the value of the Welsh Government's grant expenditure for specific sectors in 2024-25, notably central Government and public corporations and Welsh Government sponsored bodies, significantly different to that in…
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Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay, we'll continue with grants management. Are there any other areas where you're taking action to improve grants management, particularly in response to issues raised in recent years by internal audit services and the auditor general? If so, what are those…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Thank you. Notwithstanding those comments, I think the Audit Wales finding related to standardisation of parts of restricted grants processes, not just the reasons why capital is not as significant as revenue in terms of your focus.
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Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay. Moving on, how do you respond to the Audit Wales findings in their recent report on capital planning in councils that, while the Welsh Government has taken steps to standardise parts of its restricted grants processes, most of this work has focused on…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Okay, thank you. And just as a supplementary to that, in addition to what you've just stated, are there any other consequences of the late notice that provide lessons for the future?
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Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Diolch yn fawr i chi i gyd. Thank you, everyone. I remind all witnesses and Members that the meeting is bilingual and the headsets provide simultaneous translation on channel 1 and sound amplification on channel 2. I will begin, as convention has it, as…
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Scrutiny of Accounts - Welsh Government 2024-25: evidence session with Dr Andrew Goodall, Permanent Secretary - Welsh Government
Bore da. Croeso. Good morning and welcome back to this morning's meeting of the Senedd Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee for our evidence session with Welsh Government officials and the Permanent Secretary, Dr Andrew Goodall, for our…
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Papers to note
Thank you. Thank you. Members, do you have any comments? No, I see no indication. In which case, we've completed the papers to note. Can we have a break, then, until 09:35, when we can begin our evidence session with Welsh Government officials? Thank you.
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Papers to note
Well, I've just stated that the Cabinet Secretary confirmed that he intended to publish the 2013 Act before the end of this term. Of course, the Act is already published, so—
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Okay, thank you. Members do you have any comments? Okay, thank you. In that case, we move to the fifth paper to note, regarding the Welsh Government's response to our 'Active Travel in Wales' report, published on 18 December. We made seven recommendations…
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Papers to note
Okay. I think in my response to you I might have suggested it might fall more within the remit of the LJC committee—whose Chair is with us, but in a different context, so I don't know whether he has any views on that. But it seemed to me that it might fall…
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Papers to note
Members, do you have any comments? I see no indication from Members, in which case, Members, are you content to note the letter? Thank you. I assume that's affirmative. Our third paper to note has been received from the Chair of the House of Commons Public…
