21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I'll leave it to Sharon.
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Only for England projects.
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Shall I ask Sharon to say a bit more about the engagement?
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I do think that there is an acceptable level of transparency in terms of the changes that are made within and between UK Government departments. The issue I have is the timeliness of that transparency. So, it does mean it is often difficult for us to know if…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
No, within the first supplementary budget, the main substance of it relates to the international financial reporting standard 16 reclassification, so that's the big area that you'll see—in terms of numbers at least; it doesn't change our spending power…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
When we're clear as to what the causes are for the potential overspends or the pressures, and then the underspends, sometimes it's a case, depending on the overall Government position, that individual Ministers will just reprioritise underspends within their…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, we have a monthly exercise right across Government where officials from each of the finance teams within each department will provide a return through the team that Sharon is involved with. So, I have meetings then with Sharon and the finance director…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
We are expecting there to be some underspends last year, but not to breach the reserve, so it's within the reserve.
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
We are—
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
We are still awaiting the final outturn position, so as soon as we have that we'll be able to fully update committee. I'm not sure, Sharon, if there's anything more we can say at this minute.
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes. We'd have to make a separate case next year, then. But, of course, as we talked about in a different meeting yesterday, every year seems to be exceptional at the moment.
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, I always talk to the Chief Secretary about our need for more flexibility. We had our initial discussion on this particular issue in November 2022, and then I followed that up with a letter in January. And then, through February, the Chief Secretary said…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes, that is one of the challenges, because, of course, when it's gone, it's gone, and we know that next year is actually going to be another very challenging year, because, when we had the three-year spending review, of course, the bulk of the change was…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
No, and not really enough to even recognise the impact of inflation since the rules were put in place. Even that, I think, would be a good move.
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes. So, we've always been really, really grateful to the committee, both in this Senedd and previous Senedds, because this isn't a political issue, it really is just a budget management issue, and I think that that's, to be fair, recognised across the…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
It could help us. I think our real concern this year is around revenue. Obviously, with capital, there's so much more we would like to do if we had more capital available. But I think that some of the big pressures that we're seeing relate to the NHS, for…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
So, it's exactly the kind of situation that Mike is describing that led us to over-programme the capital budget, because, every year actually, we see those kinds of situations that Mike was describing in terms of slippage of projects, in terms of issues with…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
We're still finalising our outturn position at the moment, and, obviously, we will write to committee in the normal way. But, to manage the capital position at the end of the last financial year, we did request that Treasury switch a further £7.6 million from…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
The pay deal has been agreed in respect of the NHS. At the moment, of course, we're waiting to see how the UK Government has funded its NHS pay deal. We know that—. Well, the latest we would find out about it would be in February of next year, so in the…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
That's right. This allocation is specifically in relation to the teachers' pay deal, but in terms of the funding that falls within this financial year, because, of course, teachers' pay moves over two financial years, just because it operates on the academic…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Thank you, and good morning, Chair and committee. So, I think I'll just first reflect on how you can see the impact of inflation within the first supplementary budget. I suppose the key place where you would see that is in the £28 million that has been drawn…
21 Mehefin 2023 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Atodol gyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru 2023-24: Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes, I'm Rebecca Evans. I'm the Minister for Finance and Local Government, and I'll ask the officials to introduce themselves.
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