, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
When do you expect that the new joint inspection team will be in place and its methodology established, and how confident are you that it will be able to recruit to the team?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
When this year does the Welsh Government expect that the new, independent legal advice for leaseholders will launch?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay, thank you. The latest figures presented to the Local Government and Housing Committee suggest that the amount of work being supported on social sector buildings has continued to grow since March 2023. Can you confirm whether that is the case, and, if…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. When do you expect to conclude the work schedule planning for orphaned buildings, and when is the work that's already started on three buildings expected to complete?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Thank you. What, if any, options are you looking at to support smaller developers who may not be able to cover the full costs of remediation, and when do you expect to bring forward any proposals?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Thank you. Why did the Welsh Government opt for the developer's pact rather than apply relevant provisions of the Building Safety Act in Wales?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. What further details can you provide of plans for works under the developer pact contracts? For example, are you expecting the 34 works already currently under way to complete and how long is the overall programme likely to last?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you. Finally, I've got a few specific issues to request answers to. When does the Welsh Government expect that the 25 remaining intrusive surveys it has identified as necessary since the launch of the building safety fund will be completed?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you very much indeed.
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Can I ask, given the delay we had at the outset because of technical issues, can we run over five minutes, or do you need to leave at 11.00 a.m.?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
How, if at all, is the Welsh Government bringing different stakeholders together to ensure that momentum is sustained and, where possible, accelerated?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
What, if any, timescales and monitoring processes exist in England, as you mentioned England?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. In evidence to the Local Government and Housing Committee, the Minister mentioned the prospect of the remediation process potentially taking three to five years to fully resolve. What are the key reasons for such a long timescale?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Given what you say that it's specific to each individual building and there are no specific overarching timelines or milestones, to what extent is the pace of progress across the various interventions in the Welsh Government’s direct control, or…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay, thank you very much indeed. Time is short; I'll try and get through the last bit as succinctly as possible. Has the Welsh Government established any specific target dates or milestones against which progress in addressing retrospective remediation…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Thank you. Can I bring in Altaf Hussain, please?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay, thank you. Can I bring in Adam Price, please?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Thank you. I'd better move on, so can I bring in, please, Mike Hedges?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Thank you. In a number of areas where Welsh Government provides support for students or trainees, it requires or incentivises them to remain in the public sector once trained, at least for a period. What consideration, if any, have you given to such a…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Thank you. You've already made some reference to the barriers that exist to more people entering public sector building control and you referred to a programme run by LABC to help overcome this. But what, if anything, further do you see as the main…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Moving briskly forward—the clock is ticking and colleagues wish to raise their points—Local Authority Building Control told us that eight trainees will not be enough. What consideration has the Welsh Government therefore given to whether there is an…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Thanks. I had to go through this in my previous profession. But we heard in evidence last week that there is a sensitivity, as you indicate, particularly amongst older, more experienced people, and, given the age profile that you acknowledged, are you…
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. To expand on this further, what, if any, consideration has the Welsh Government given to the impact of its changes on the workforce and its ability to respond, and what consideration has it given to potential mitigations, such as grandfather rights?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
So, just to clarify, in terms of policy development to date, as opposed to the future, you held workforce information, as you've indicated, or was there any other workforce information that you had been relying upon and which you held?
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Evidence Session with the Welsh Government: Building Safety in Wales
Okay. Thank you. What, if any, collection of workforce data has the Welsh Government begun in line with its response to the auditor general's recommendation, and, if this is ongoing, when is this likely to be completed?
