8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Yes, carry on now. Sorry, Sam. I just wanted to come in on that.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
One of the things that he said during the evidence session was, because we were talking about money coming to the NHS and the way that Welsh Government budgeted back then was to take a risk-based approach to budgeting. Now, as trustees of charities, and that…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Just before I come to Simon, one of the things that the Cabinet Secretary did say when he was in front of us just before Christmas was that he was anticipating hearing something in April/May/June time around the NI contributions flowing back. Maybe, from a…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Thank you. Sam.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Okay. Thank you. Simon.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Is that from a collection point of view, or is that in terms of presentation? So, is it collected and not—
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Victoria, is that similar to your experience?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Thank you. Before I go to Sam, just looking at your stakeholders and the people that you’re here representing today, what’s your overall view of the draft budget, and does it address some of your priorities? Which ones does it address, and which ones does it…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
With the winter fuel allowance cuts, are you seeing that coming through in any of the conversations you’re having with your members?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Do you have anything to add, Natalie?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Victoria, we were talking a bit about winter fuel allowance issues, especially for older women in particular, but also the benefits charter. Do you have any thoughts, or anything that’s coming through your network or the budget group?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
The Welsh benefits charter was published back in January last year. I wonder what your thoughts are on that. Has the charter done what it committed to do or not? And I don't know if I want to start with Simon or go to Victoria or Natalie. I'd be interested in…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
And as a gateway into other forms of help, that's a real issue as well. Speaking to older people who are marginally over—£1, £2, £3 even—the threshold, it's a hard cut-off. Are you seeing that sort of thing in your call centres?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
With the announcement on the winter fuel allowance by UK Government, have you seen that—? What’s been your experience in advice centres? Have you seen more people coming to you on that aspect, or what’s that experience been, because as an organisation, you’ve…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
And, Simon, from your point of view then, anything you'd like to add?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Victoria, you probably agree with a fair bit that you've heard, so in the interests of time, if you don't necessarily repeat, but if there's any extra or anything else that you've seen within the budget, if you'd care to comment.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Looking on to the budget this year then, and I'll probably ask the same to others, have you seen any lessons learnt in what you've seen from the draft budget for this next one, anything that's giving you a little bit of hope?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Fantastic, croeso. Welcome to you this morning. We've got an hour or so with you and appreciate you making yourselves available, and there will be a transcript for you afterwards as well, just to check for accuracy. I'd like to—. Obviously, we're talking…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Fantastic, croeso.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Fantastic, croeso.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Welcome, good morning. Would you introduce yourselves for the record, please, and we'll start with yourself?
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 4
Croeso nôl. Dŷn ni wedi ailosod yr ystafell ac yn falch o weld ein tystion yma ar gyfer sesiwn dystiolaeth rhif 4.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 3
Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi am eich amser. Roedd yn dda iawn i'ch gweld chi'n dod yma i roi eich barn ar y gyllideb. Mi fydd transgript i chi tsiecio am unrhyw wybodaeth sydd ddim cweit yn gywir—gadewch i ni wybod. Fe wnawn ni gymryd toriad byr rŵan i ailosod…
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 3
Thank you very much, everybody, for that. That brings us way over time, but as always, very interesting.
8 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 3
David, did you want to come in on that? I'm just conscious of time, that's all.
