, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Thank you. In terms of your moving away from the civil service people survey, which retained the ability to benchmark against the CSPS engagement index, are you comfortable with the information that is now generated through the survey in 2023-24? How do you…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Thank you for that clarity. The annual report—I'll move on—talks about certain aspects of the staff survey not being as strong as other aspects, and that includes confidence in senior leadership and strategic vision, as well as resource allocation and…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
It's that disaggregation that we need to be clear around, as you've already outlined. The savings are £250,000, which is half of what you've talked about. Could you just outline how you got to that money?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Sorry, just to be clear, when you're saying that you've overdelivered on the savings—. I've got £1.5 million here, not £1.4 million. But when you've delivered the £1.8 million in terms of vacancies or staff turnover, you're saying that that money hasn't been…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
Thank you very much. That's very interesting. Your annual report notes that you exceeded the 2023-24 savings of £1.5 million and actually delivered £1.8 million of savings. Can you outline for the committee, please, how those savings were generated, are they…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
In terms of your narrative, have you seen any difference in terms of the reasons why staff were leaving?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
You've talked about the narrative, but are you seeing any new patterns in terms of the reasons why people are leaving, in terms of turnover? Or is it too early?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales – Scrutiny of the Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 and the Annual Plan 2024-25: Evidence session
I'm afraid we had simultaneous unmuting. Thank you. We've spoken around some important KPIs. You've met your target, Auditor General, for employee engagement, but you've dropped the KPI for employee experience, and that was rated as needing significant…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
I think it would be very useful, so that there are adequate and appropriate opportunities for this committee to be able to scrutinise what is happening in this high-risk project. Thank you very much, Chair.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Indeed.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you so much. The budget includes funding, looking forward, to progress the business case around securement of building accommodation when Tŷ Hywel’s lease ends in 2032, and states that significant decisions on the direction of this project will be…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay, so, on the capital costs, you would put that increase down directly to that—thank you.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Sorry, could I interrupt you, if I may? Because I've got a further question, and I'm very clear on what you're saying there.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
You've been very clear on that, so I'm going to move on to my next question. The budget states that the costs included in the budget relating to Senedd reform in 2025-26 are higher than the cost estimates in the regulatory impact assessment that we discussed…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. I'm going to interrupt you, if you don't mind, Commissioner, because you've made those points previously, and it's more around the other aspects that we're looking at. Can I just ask you to address the point around the medium-term resourcing framework?…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Thank you. Diolch. I've only got one small screen as well, so apologies if I'm jumping. I think it's the optics as well that's important, in terms of hidden savings, being able to see what they are. So, could you briefly explain the medium-term resourcing…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
No problem, you go on.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Thank you—
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Thank you, Chair. I just wanted a bit more clarity on that. Moving, then, to targets for in-year savings. Obviously, we're all working within a very constricted public purse. And, obviously, in terms of the Government's efficiency framework guidance et…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Okay. Thank you. So, I'm going to move on now—
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Senedd Commission Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence session
Thank you very much, Chair, and bore da, everyone. Just for clarity, very simply, in terms of the operational budget that we've just been talking about, and the 11 per cent uplift in there—and we've talked about the clerking costs and the uplift in pay yet to…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
Diolch yn fawr. Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
Okay. And in regard, then, to capacity and resourcing, you’re confident that that is in place.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session: Scrutiny of Senedd Commission Accounts 2023-24
Okay, thanks. And, finally, what do you see as the main role of the strategic planning unit, and what resources does it require? And in that redeployment of staff to it, how have we ensured, or have you ensured, that the right skills and experience and…
