, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Yes, we are, and to do so, we'll need to inform the Chief Secretary to the Treasury before a date that he will set. I don't think we've had that date yet.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
I'll ask Andrew to come in on this, in terms of the wealth of data that we look at to understand what inflation might look like in the period ahead, to help inform our plans.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
So, one of the exercises that we undertook was to reprioritise budgets across the Government, to try and free up some additional funding for the next financial year to be redistributed. And one of the principles behind that was that we should still maintain…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
So, Ministers are currently working through their various programmes, and I know that they'll be providing detailed evidence to the subject committees, but it will be in that space of either just delivering less when there's a fixed budget, or delivering…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Yes.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
So, as a result of the autumn statement, we have an additional £666 million in the next financial year, and £508 million in the following financial year.
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Well, I completely agree with Mike in the sense that there are further opportunities for social housing beyond grant support that the Welsh Government provides, and we absolutely encourage that. As I say, I can get a note from the housing Minister on what's…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Local government and RSLs, in particular, are active in this space—increasingly so on the local government side, which is to be welcomed. But, I completely agree that investment in social housing is truly an investment, and that's one of the reasons why—and…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. So, in terms of the principles and the aims behind the budget, it was very much a three-pronged approach in the sense that, first of all, it was very much about protecting our public services. Secondly, we wanted to continue to support those…
, Finance Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24: Evidence session 1
Yes, Rebecca Evans, Minister for Finance and Local Government. I'll ask officials to introduce themselves.
, Plenary
The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2022
I'd just like to thank the Chair very much for those comments, and also thank the Chair and the committee for looking so quickly at the regulations and dealing with them so speedily. I'm grateful to him for his recognition of the particular context within…
, Plenary
The Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Diolch, Llywydd. I move the motion to approve the Non-Domestic Rating (Chargeable Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2022. The regulations provide transitional relief to ratepayers with increased liabilities as a result of the non-domestic rating revaluation taking…
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2023-24
One of the things that I am disappointed not to be able to do is make further significant capital allocations. That was a matter of deep regret, that there was no further capital as a result of the autumn statement. Our capital budget will be 8.1 per cent…
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2023-24
Diolch, Llywydd, and thank you to all colleagues for what I think has been a really constructive set of comments and representations this afternoon. And I know that, once colleagues have had the chance to digest the full suite of budget information, there…
, Plenary
Debate on a Statement: The Draft Budget 2023-24
I'm pleased to make a statement on the Welsh Government's draft budget for 2023-24, which has been laid this afternoon. This is a draft budget unlike any other that we've laid since the start of devolution. It's been one of the toughest that we've ever made…
, Plenary
The Non-Domestic Rating (Persons Required to Supply Information and Service of Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Happy to move to the vote.
, Plenary
The Non-Domestic Rating (Persons Required to Supply Information and Service of Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2022
Thank you. I move the motion to approve the Non-Domestic Rating (Persons Required to Supply Information and Service of Notices) (Wales) Regulations 2022. The regulations define third parties that may be required by local authorities to supply information…
, Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
Existing and new EU funding programmes overlap by two years, and the Welsh Government was ready to start a post-EU investment programme almost two years ago, in January 2021, and, by that point, we'd already done a huge amount of intensive work with the OECD…
, Plenary
Debate on the Finance Committee Report—'Post-EU funding arrangements'
Diolch. I welcome the motion today and would like to thank the Finance Committee for its work and for the report on post-EU funding arrangements, but also to all of those Welsh partners who have engaged so strongly with the inquiry as well and provided such…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I was pleased to see the Member at our tax conference, which took place last week. I hope that he enjoyed it as much as I did. I think one of the really interesting sessions was with representatives from Scotland and Northern Ireland, where they considered…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Devolution of the income tax thresholds would introduce opportunities and risks, and we would want to consider this as part of our wider strategy for devolved taxes. We need the UK Government to engage with us to review the process for securing the devolution…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
We're absolutely committed to taking forward the recommendations from the review of the strategic partnerships, which was agreed by the partnership council for Wales. We are of the view, though, that any changes should be locally led and locally driven. We've…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
The autumn statement increases the pressure on public services. The funds provided for public services are being cut in real terms, squeezing their resources even further. This makes the work of public services boards to improve the well-being of their…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Just to repeat what I said to colleagues earlier in relation to discussions I've been having with local government, they absolutely recognise the need to use those reserves both this year to manage some of the pressures, but also next year as well. I'm…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
I have discussed local authority reserves with leaders as part of our ongoing discussions on pressures and funding. All leaders have stressed that they are already using reserves to manage their current pressures and expect to continue to have to do so next…
