15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, diolch, Cadeirydd, and thank you for that important question. As you know, our Welsh Government budget documentation does set out our high-level strategic impact assessment. That reflects the contribution that local government makes to universal…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, I think, as I said, there's the allocation around how local authorities can work together. I mentioned that we've got over £3 million for the WLGA for that sector-led improvement in digital services, and we're working with them in terms of joint and…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Diolch, Cadeirydd, and long time no see to the committee. [Laughter.] Yes, the draft budget does provide a significant investment into local government, although I do recognise the ongoing challenges that local authorities face. I hear and speak directly to…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Diolch, Cadeirydd.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Absolutely, and just personally I've seen how an adaptation in a social home had helped my aunt who had motor neurone disease, and I know how important that was for her to have that for my cousin who lived with her. So, I know how important it is to have…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Diolch, Siân, and, yes, some important questions there. I’m really pleased that we’ve been able to announce an increase of £5.5 million to the capital element of the rapid response adaptations programme. That represents a 28.2 per cent increase in the current…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
That’s another angle to push Leasing Scheme Wales, sometimes, with people as well.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Diolch, Siân. Our initial estimate of the cost of upgrading privately rented homes to energy performance certificate C is approximately £1.3 billion to £1.6 billion. But just to caveat, really, that that is based on incomplete data, and we’re working with the…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Yes, that's fine, we can make sure you can get a note on that.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Yes, that's fine.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Sorry. Yes, Jamie.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
There is a 7 per cent increase in—[Inaudible.] No.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
So, £3 million is going on green homes.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Yes.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Eighteen million pounds.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Thank you, Siân. I haven't got the figure in front of me, but, Emma—
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Diolch, Siân. The focus on our decarb funding over the period to 2030 will be on improving energy efficiency in our social homes, preparing for new carbon heating systems, and installing them where possible. We've agreed to continue the optimised retrofit…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Thanks, Peter. This is a really important area of work that's going on. Officials have been working really hard on this area, just to put that on the record as well. We've got 433 buildings in our remediation programme. Our expression of interest process…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Thank you, Peter. You're absolutely right, this is an important area. Obviously, we have this Bill coming this year as well, so there's a lot of work going on at the moment. Officials have been engaging with key partners in this area to ensure implementation…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
There are affordability measures. I don't know if there's anything specific Emma could add to that.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Again, this gives us that opportunity to reflect on some of the learning that we have and just look at what the future will actually entail for Help to Buy. I think it is important to extend it. We know it has been really helping people. It provides an…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
I think Help to Buy—Wales is an important tool in supporting home ownership and driving up housing supply. Since its launch—in 2014, believe it or not—Help to Buy—Wales supported more than 14,000 households to purchase a home, with 50 developers and small and…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
One of the things I'm keen to do is I'm intending to start some regional round-tables with local authority housing leads, cabinet members. This is an area where I'd be really interested in seeing where there are pockets of good practice within local…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
This is focused on the 12 months or more. The data we have is for six months or more. Obviously, our target is the longer term ones. So just to confirm to the committee, there have been 974 valid applications for the scheme to date, as well as 169 properties…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Data on empty homes from council tax administration records are based on dwellings that are empty for six months or more, and the latest statistics for 2024-25 show that there are 22,634 chargeable empty properties—so, empty properties for more than six…
