21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Yes. So, overall the costing of the NDR retail, leisure and hospitality rates relief in both Wales and England does inevitably, I think, involve a certain level of estimation. We don't know how the UK Government calculated the estimated cost of the scheme for…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
I think LTT, land transaction tax, is a really good example of where things can be done differently. So, most of the main economic input measures used for our Welsh tax forecasts have historically moved broadly in line with the UK, including elements such as…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Yes, I engage regularly with the OBR, as does Andrew and his team. I meet with the Chair and also we have representations from the OBR at our annual tax conference, which is really helpful in terms of sharing their knowledge with our tax community in Wales…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Yes, well, the WRA's been working really closely with Natural Resources Wales to establish that partnership approach to investigating and charging LDT on unauthorised disposals of waste and that builds on a successful delegation model that they introduced for…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
And I think, in terms of people understanding the framework by which we operate, we've been as transparent as we can in the sense that we have the tax policy framework and that sets out our commitment to ensure that our taxes remain proportionate, that they…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Yes, that's a good question, and we set out alongside the budget some important documentation, particularly the Office for Budget Responsibility's Welsh taxes outlook, and the chief economist's report. I think those documents provide important context on the…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Well, I certainly hope so, because, up until now, the UK Government has been the judge and jury. We've had to convince the UK Government that there's been a problem—for example, when Northern Ireland had the £1 billion extra funding. Obviously, we don't…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
I think the uplift clearly doesn't erase 10 years of austerity. It's not sufficient to meet the challenges. As the Chair was saying at the start of the meeting, difficult decisions still have to be made, because when we look across Government at all of the…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
This is a particular challenge for us in terms of the profile of the allocations from the UK Government over the next three years. As you say, it's very much front-loaded. We've responded, really, by prioritising public services to ensure that they have…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Well, there are two parts to the DAF. So, the first allows people to access funding for white goods, for example. So, if somebody's fridge breaks down or washing machine breaks and they simply can't afford a new one—essential items—they can access funding…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Yes, the cost-of-living crisis is of real concern, and I'm concerned also that it's going to start really pinching as we get towards March/April, and from then on, when we see the impact of the national insurance contributions decision by the UK Government…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
As part of this multi-year budget, a new fiscal strategy has been adopted so that we're able to maximise the available funding. So, from 2023-24, the Wales reserve will be used to manage the in-year financial position without holding any unallocated DEL, with…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
I'll ask Andrew Jeffreys just to provide an outline of what we do publish already in terms of financial transactions capital, and then we can explore with committee if further information is required. But I think that highlighting the availability of the…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
I can confirm it is still my intention to make the financial transactions capital allocations at the final budget, and an exercise is currently under way across Government to identify those allocations and where they'll be made. So, until that exercise is…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
I think, because we had a budget settlement that did provide us with an uplift, it did mean that we were looking to where we would make additional allocations. But, that said, when I did a commission right across Government so that colleagues could identify…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Yes, absolutely. We'll share more as we finalise those details. As Andrew was talking, it made me think of the work that we're doing in terms of our approach to grants. We know it's not helpful for organisations when they have a one-year grant allocation, for…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
We previously had what was referred to as BAGE, which was the budget advisory group on equalities, and we discussed with members of that group whether they felt that they were getting the maximum opportunity to understand the budget process, to influence the…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
I'll probably, Chair, wait for your recommendations as a committee on that, because you will have heard directly from people making those arguments. I'm always really keen to improve the way in which we present our budgets. Over recent years, I think that…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Thank you, Chair. I do agree that the timing of UK fiscal events doesn't respect the devolved nations, and it certainly doesn't assist the Senedd scrutiny process or the ability for other outside organisations and interested individuals to scrutinise either…
21 Ionawr 2022 , Finance Committee
Trafod Rheoliadau Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cyfraddau Treth) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2021
Good morning, Chair and committee. I'm Rebecca Evans, Minister for Finance and Local Government.
18 Ionawr 2022 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Rheoliadau Cynlluniau Gostyngiadau’r Dreth Gyngor (Gofynion Rhagnodedig a’r Cynllun Diofyn) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2022
Croesawaf y cyfle i gyflwyno'r rheoliadau diwygio hyn heddiw. Mae Rheoliadau Cynlluniau Gostyngiadau'r Dreth Gyngor (Gofynion Rhagnodedig a Chynllun Diofyn) (Cymru) (Diwygio) 2022 yn diwygio rheoliadau cynllun gostyngiadau'r dreth gyngor 2013. Mae'r cynllun…
12 Ionawr 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2—y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Thank you.
12 Ionawr 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2—y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
Thank you. I might ask Judith to come in on the point about the ageing population, but, obviously, all of these matters are constantly considered by the distribution sub-group, which sits as part of the finance sub-group, which provides, obviously, then…
12 Ionawr 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2—y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
So, in the first instance, the chief digital officer has been tasked with engaging, because obviously this is a relatively new post, with all local authorities across Wales to understand what their current situation is in terms of how well or otherwise…
12 Ionawr 2022 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 2—y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol
One example in which the CDO and her team are having an impact is in working alongside procurement professionals within local government, to ensure that they have the skills necessary, as we move towards a new procurement landscape for the future. Obviously…
