2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Okay. So, I appreciate you've mentioned staff surveys or employee surveys, but what else is going to be done, or what are you planning on doing, to obtain data about socioeconomic backgrounds, specifically for staff? I know Mike Hedges went on to the subject…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Thank you so much, Chair. I'd just like to ask you: how would you assess the progress the Commission has made in 2023-24 to increase the diversity of the workforce, and what are the next steps that you're actually thinking about taking to increase levels of…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Okay, that's fine. Thank you so much, Chair.
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Okay. A final question please, Chair, if that's okay. You mentioned that some of the points previously have been addressed, have been looked into and some have been dealt with already. For the ones that are still in progress, have you set a timeline for…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Okay. All right. In the 2023-24 accounts, you note that the findings of reviews into the effectiveness of the independent remuneration board and the executive board were considered during the financial year. So, what recommendations were made and what actions…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Just for my information, then, who went through the training—the whole department?
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Okay. So, what have you learnt from the review of procurement and contract management arrangements across the Commission, and what action have you undertaken to relieve capacity pressures and address risks of gaps in controls?
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
And you believe this provides value for money in the long term.
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Craffu ar Gyfrifon Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24
Thank you so much. I'd like to know what changes have you made in terms of the management of internal audit and governance following the departure of the head of internal audit? What benefits will your new approach bring to the table in terms of value for…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Penodiadau Cyhoeddus Comisiwn y Senedd
Thank you. Thank you, Chair.
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Penodiadau Cyhoeddus Comisiwn y Senedd
The only reason I'm asking this particular question is because—. And I appreciate that they've done the effectiveness element that you've just mentioned, but it needs to be open and transparent. I appreciate they're independent members, and I appreciate that…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Penodiadau Cyhoeddus Comisiwn y Senedd
I'm just going to ask my final question now, please, if that's okay, Chair. In relation to, specifically, the remuneration board, we all appreciate that it's an independent element. With regard to every board member that we've ever had in this particular…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Penodiadau Cyhoeddus Comisiwn y Senedd
You mentioned Audit Wales a lot in your answer to me, and I appreciate that, but my question is specifically in relation to the remuneration board. Obviously, it's a group that is responsible for all of us here in this building and beyond, so I just want to…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Penodiadau Cyhoeddus Comisiwn y Senedd
It certainly sounds like you've touched on a lot of different areas to target, which I appreciate. Once you've put the application out on all on sites, and all the different boards that you've just mentioned, how do you assess the effectiveness of whether…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Penodiadau Cyhoeddus Comisiwn y Senedd
Thank you so much, Chair. Good morning. Just a quick one: what recruitment processes do you use to attract a strong and diverse field of candidates, specifically in relation to the independent remuneration board? And I'd like to know, and I'm sure the…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Thank you very much. Thank you, Chair.
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Okay, and Dr Goodall, my final question for you: do you think the ministerial code that we have in place at the moment is sufficient, or do you think it needs work?
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Okay. Thank you, Dr Goodall. What role, if any, do special advisers play in providing advice to the First Minister and/or, indeed, civil servants about investigations into complaints about breaches of the ministerial code?
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Okay, thank you very much. Before 2021 the ministerial code gave no role to the Permanent Secretary and other officials for the investigation of breaches of the ministerial code. Versions of the code between 2007 and 2016 specifically said, and I quote, 'it…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Okay, thank you so much. The director of propriety and ethics confirmed that no leak inquiry was commissioned or undertaken by the Welsh Government in relation to the recent case of the Minister for Social Partnership, but the former First Minister had indeed…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Thank you very much for that. On 11 June 2024, and in relation to the former Minister for Social Partnership, the former First Minister told Plenary he took advice from you about the process to make sure he was acting within the ministerial code. Can you…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Okay. So, Permanent Secretary, I just want to ask you, in relation to both of the cases that I just stated, the director of propriety and ethics—were they acting as an independent adviser on both of the cases that I just referred to?
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Okay, thank you for clarifying that for me. On 23 May the director of propriety and ethics told the committee that he provided advice over the phone about a potential breach of the ministerial code by the then economy Minister. He then said that that advice…
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
So, just for my own personal benefit to just understand, he was appointed at the request of the First Minister.
2 Hydref 2024 , Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Sesiwn dystiolaeth: Llawlyfrau Cabinet a Chod y Gweinidogion
Thank you so much, Chair. Good morning, Dr Goodall. I'm glad you touched upon the director of proprietary and ethics, because that's a question that I'm going to be asking you about. Was the director of proprietary and ethics acting as an independent adviser…
