, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Adrian will correct me if I'm wrong. It would increase what you're asking for from this committee, but decrease the burden coming from the fees.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
No, it would increase it.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
I'm sure we'll have a discussion around that and let you know what we think. Any extra information that you can give us that helps us to be informed of what's going on, then that would be useful.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
If it happens fairly quickly, what are your proposals with regard to this committee, then, and estimates? Would it be—
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Is that likely to come forward within this budget round, and are we going to see a supplementary based on that, or is it going to take a while to get this resolved and to get the answers that you need to be able to move it forward, and it might not happen…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
So, not from that? Right, okay. Thank you. Fine, okay. Last year, you outlined your intention to switch a proportion of the funding related to performance work, from fees to fund it through the Welsh consolidated fund. The estimate notes that you're…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. Because we're going off the baseline after the T&S scheme, that's assuming that those pay increases that were part of that settlement are baked into that baseline figure, aren't they?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Maybe it's over to Kevin.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Okay, thank you. You say that the cash increase is just under 3 per cent. Can you set out in cash terms your baseline 2022-23 WCF revenue and capital costs, and your baseline request for 2023-24, and what the cash change that makes up that 3 per cent is?
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Right, okay.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
So, the baseline figure that we're looking at and the percentage increase, the 3 and 3.8, is after your travel and subsistence scheme, after that supplementary budget, and that went through.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Thank you, Adrian, and thanks for setting the scene, if you like. In your supporting information, you compare with the original estimate in exhibit 1, your first supplementary estimate in the appendix and refer to your second supplementary estimate in the…
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Diolch yn fawr. It's nice to see you all. Thank you very much for coming this morning. We've got some questions to go into, but I just wondered if you wanted to just give us a quick outline before we crack on.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Can you please introduce yourselves and your roles? Adrian.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
A warm welcome to you. It's nice to see you.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
This is the scrutiny session on the estimate and the interim report.
, Finance Committee
Audit Wales—Scrutiny of the Estimate 2023-24 and Interim Report: Evidence session
Welcome back to the session with Audit Wales.
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Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5 and 7 and the meetings on 16 November 2022 and 1 December 2022
Thank you very much. Diolch yn fawr.
, Finance Committee
Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from items 5 and 7 and the meetings on 16 November 2022 and 1 December 2022
In accordance with Standing Order 17.42, I propose that the committee resolves to exclude the public from items 5 and 7 and the meetings on 16 November and 1 December. So, items 5 and 7 today and then 16 November and 1 December. Are Members content? Yes. No…
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Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much for coming.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Thank you very much for your time this morning.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
Does that allow you, then, to—? I assume it allows you then to target certain levels of funding at different parts of the industry, if it needs—where we were talking earlier. Would that be right, or is that—? I know we're venturing into policy now, but it's…
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
However many apply and are eligible to apply to that.
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
You probably wouldn't get it—
, Finance Committee
Financial implications of the Agriculture (Wales) Bill: Evidence session
More money, yes.
