, Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee
UK-EU governance inquiry: Evidence session
Yes, just briefly. The three of you have mentioned resources, and just drilling a little bit into that, into is it purely financial resources, or is it capacity building, or is it expertise: is it people, or it is cash, basically, or is it that you need…
, Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting
Under Standing Order 17.42, I resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting, if everybody's content. There we are. So, we'll go into private. Thank you.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Lovely. Excellent. There we are. I think that's it for us. Thank you very much for your time this morning. I can never remember the—ah, there we are—Standing Order.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Yes, I was just thinking, from the £28 million that's been effectively allocated for salaries and that pay award, is it enough to be able to offset some of that stuff? But maybe a note from the Minister might be useful, just to clarify that point. There we…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Right. Okay.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Yes. Probably more on policy, but it was just an interesting side.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Are you concerned—? Maybe putting your local government hat on rather than your finance hat, are you—? Anecdotally, I've heard of schools running deficit budgets in this year, and obviously that has to be made up within a 12-month period. Is there any concern…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Is the £99.9 million from Barnett the equivalent, effectively, to the £100 million IFRS 16, or are they two different things?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Sorry, it's not cash terms. It's just an accounting—
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Yes. I'll pass over to Peter.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Okay.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Great.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
I wonder, because Barnett is such a key element of what we scrutinise and try to understand, off the top of my head, would it be possible to get a technical briefing on some of this stuff just to understand some of that nuance and some of the real…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
No, no. Exactly.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
We don't get it, no.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Yes. It's more a Westminster policy, probably, rather than for this committee to go into that.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Yes, definitely.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Yes. It goes into policy. But it is zero per cent that we're getting.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
No, because it's an England-and-Wales scheme, so it's designated—
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Is it HS2?
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Okay, thank you very much. Mike, over to you.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
So, with this supplementary budget have you had to have that central view, or has it been more managed within MEGs, and it's just slippage, or whatever it might be, to be able to find that? Or have you actually taken that central control and said, 'Actually…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
And I suppose by monitoring on a monthly basis you enshrine it then within the supplementary budget when it becomes a bit more clear that actually you've got underspends and overspends, and then you reprioritise.
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Thank you. Obviously, we talked earlier about some of the small changes in allocations within the supplementary budget, and many of the challenges that emerge throughout the year. What process do you go through at this stage to assess the affordability of…
, Finance Committee
Welsh Government First Supplementary Budget 2023-24: Evidence session
Mike.
