2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
How do you track your implementation of this committee's recommendations?
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you. As you've indicated, the pandemic and the qualification issues and other matters have delayed the availability of your accounts over recent years, and in consequence have also delayed this committee's scrutiny of those accounts, and therefore the…
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay. And at this point, you're confident that you can meet those timetables.
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay, thank you. Looking to the future, what deadline have you agreed with the auditor general for the 2022-23 accounts, and will you commit to publishing the timetable?
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
How resource intensive is this, and to what extent can that be seen as an invest-to-save operation, rather than simply meeting statutory requirements?
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay, thank you. Well, as well as demonstrating accountability for the use of public funds, how do you use the accounts and financial statements to drive improved financial performance of the Welsh Government, and more effective management of assets and…
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you. I was going to ask a follow-on, I won't now. I'm glad that you mentioned committees in that, because I'd hope that the work of this committee in particular and others might be acknowledged in the role of the Parliament in identifying its needs with…
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Thank you. In his previous response, Dr Goodall referred to the well-being Act and the five ways of working. How do you embrace the five ways of working in order to identify the needs of the Senedd—the Welsh Parliament—as a primary user of these accounts?
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay. How do you determine the appropriate level of information to include in the accounts to meet the needs of the Senedd as a primary user of them?
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay. What, if any, additional information do you intend to include about the national indicators and performance against these in your accounts in future in order to complete the picture?
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay, thanks. Well, in these in accounts, you refer to the Shaping Wales' Future programme developments with the national indicators and the chief statistician's 'Wellbeing of Wales: 2021' report. To what extent does this change the approach when considering…
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Okay. Why did you not publish information about the timetable for these accounts on your website, despite the Welsh Government having agreed to do so with our predecessor Public Accounts Committee?
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Diolch, bawb. Thanks, everybody, and again, thanks for being with us today. I remind everybody that simultaneous translation is available using the headsets. Select channel 1 for translation and channel 2 for sound amplification. Please ensure that any…
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Governments Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22 - Evidence Session - part 1
Our first item is to take evidence on scrutiny of the Welsh Government's annual report and accounts 2020-21. I welcome Dr Andrew Goodall and his officials to the meeting. I'd be grateful if you could state your names and roles for the record.
2 March 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
Bore da, croeso. Good morning and welcome to this morning's meeting of the Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee in the Senedd, the Welsh Parliament. We have apologies, I believe, from one member of the committee, Rhianon Passmore, but all other…
1 March 2023 , Plenary
Topical Questions
The question tabled is about Ofgem's price cap, and although it's good news that the energy regulator, Ofgem, announced that its price cap will fall by almost £1,000 from April due to a fall in wholesale prices, the UK Government energy price guarantee is set…
1 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Well, thank you. Again, I remember debating these issues 20 years ago in the predecessor Chamber, with similar responses, albeit in a different financial context. Unless points raised with me by Gwynedd Council's fuel poverty officer are addressed, the next…
1 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Thanks. Well, I'll leave the primary point you made for the topical question later, which, of course, is on that very subject. But this month's Bevan Foundation State of Wales briefing states that the energy efficiency of properties varies greatly across…
1 March 2023 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, thank you for attending the cross-party group on fuel poverty and energy efficiency meeting in November, when concern was raised by Gwynedd Council's fuel poverty officer that there are high levels of non-compliant stock with the…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Wales: A community of communities
Of course, we live in a land of communities: from Aberdeen to Aberystwyth, Cumbria to Carmarthen, Cornwall to Conwy, Belfast to Bridgend and Yorkshire to Y Wyddgrug. As we approach St David's Day, you refer to your cross-governmental strategies and action…
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
—and the North Wales Community Health Council has also been raising these concerns with you throughout?
28 February 2023 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Health and Social Services: Escalation and further intervention to improve the quality of services in Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
After Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board attended the Senedd's Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee last March, I wrote to them as Chair regarding concerns about some of the responses that they provided us with and seeking clarity on…
15 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:
I now propose that, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42(ix), the committee resolves to meet in private for items 4 and 5 for the remainder of today's meeting. Are all Members present content? Thank you. The clerk will now change the setting from public to…
15 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
All content with Matt's proposal. Thank you very much.
15 February 2023 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Papers to note
Thank you. Do Members have any comments, or are they content to follow that advice, or do you wish to revisit scrutiny in any area of this on a different timescale?
