5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you, Peter. Talking about staffing structures and focusing possibly more on the lowest level within those structures, with inflation running at 10, 11, 12, 13 per cent—whatever it is at the moment—pay rises of 2.4 per cent and 3 per cent, on well-being…
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I don't know if Nia wants to come in on this.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I heard Ken say that, yes, we'd get that level, yes.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Certainly.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
[Inaudible.] Okay. Yes, certainly.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thanks. Sorry, Peter.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
And then, when you respond, that's when this committee will see the impact on budget and that sort of element?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
With regard to that decision making, I know it's dependent on the passage of the Bill and that sort of thing, but how do you envisage those decisions then being reported back to this committee and to Members, so that we can understand the decision making from…
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. I'll go on to Peter. I think he's got a few follow-up questions.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Just on the ways of working element—you might touch on this anyway, Peter—can you just expand a little bit more on the ways of working strategy and what that actually means?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Peter, did you want to come in?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Certainly. Manon, did you want to come in?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, could you talk through just a bit—? You talked about engagement—what sort of things are in that element of the budget?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
The same as the current year.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think that would be very interesting, for us to understand how that project fund is worked through. Just, if I may, Mike, the engagement element of the project fund—I think it's about £200,000—is that higher, lower or the same as it was last year?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, it is effectively—. The amount that we talked about in the last round, we'll see, effectively, a proportion of that coming back within the budget round. Okay. Thank you very much. And Mike, I think you're next.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
And with regards to national insurance for this financial year, will we see that reflected in the supplementary in the beginning of the next calendar year?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr. So, could we move on to some of the other inflationary pressures that have to be managed each year and the impact specifically of the national insurance contributions in the budget for 2022-23 and the project fund…
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think Manon—. Do you want to come in on that?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you. Do you know what sort of benefit that is likely to have in future years or—? Have you looked at that element? Is that taken as part of the decision of joining that scheme?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Could you comment briefly on the intention to join the Cardiff district energy group? I think it's in the budget documentation highlights.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Peter, did you want to comment?
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Mike.
5 Hydref 2022 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Comisiwn y Senedd ar gyfer 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Sorry?
