Agenda - Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee


Meeting Venue:

Committee Room 2, Senedd

Meeting date: 20 March 2024

Meeting time: 09:15-12:30
For further information contact:

Fay Bowen

Committee Clerk

0300 200 6565

SeneddPAPA@senedd.wales


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This meeting will be broadcast live on www.senedd.tv

 

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(Private pre-meeting)

(09:00-09:15)

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1       Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

(09:15)                                                                                                             

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2       Papers to note

(09:15-09:25)                                                                                                  

 

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2.1   Letter from the Director General of the Climate Change and Rural Affairs Group in response to the Committee's report on Town Centre Regeneration

                                                                                                     (Pages 1 - 9)

Attached Documents:
PAPAC(06)-05-24-PTN1-Welsh Government-Town Centre Regeneration

 

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2.2   Letter from the Chief Executive and Chair of Digital Health and Care Wales: an update following the Committee's joint scrutiny of DHCW's report with the Health and Social Care Committee

                                                                                                 (Pages 10 - 11)

Attached Documents:
PAPAC(06)-05-24-PTN2-Letter from Digital Health and Care Wales

 

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2.3   Letter from the Welsh Government following the Committee's evidence session on Covering Teachers' Absence

                                                                                                 (Pages 12 - 16)

Attached Documents:
PAPAC(06)-05-24-PTN3-Welsh Government-Information on Covering Teachers' Absence

 

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2.4   Letter from the Welsh Government: response to PAPAC's letter dated 26 February 2024 regarding public appointments data collection and specifically data on Welsh language ability and addresses of applicants and appointees

                                                                                                 (Pages 17 - 18)

Attached Documents:
PAPAC(06)-05-24-PTN4-Welsh Government-Public Appointments

 

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3       Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from Items 4, 7 and 8 of today's meeting

(09:25)                                                                                                             

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4       Paper to Note (PRIVATE): Letter from the Permanent Secretary on the partial retirement of the Director of Propriety and Ethics

(09:35-09:30)                                                                           (Pages 19 - 22)

Attached Documents:
PAPAC(06)-05-24-PTN1(PRIVATE)-Partial Retirement of Director of Propriety and Ethics

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5       Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 1)

(09:30-10:30)                                                                           (Pages 23 - 51)

 

Welsh Government Officials

Andrew Goodall - Permanent Secretary

Tim Moss - Chief Operating Officer

Gawain Evans - Director of Finance

Dominic Houlihan – Director of People and Places

 

Attached Documents:
PAPAC(06)-05-24-P1-Research Brief

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(Break)

(10:30-10:45)

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6       Evidence Session: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23 (Part 2)

(10:45-11:30)

                                                                                                                          

Welsh Government Officials

Andrew Goodall - Permanent Secretary

Tim Moss - Chief Operating Officer

Gawain Evans - Director of Finance

Dominic Houlihan – Director of People and Places

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7       Consideration of evidence: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government's Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23

(11:45-12:15)                                                                                                  

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8       Forward Work Programme

(12:15-12:30)                                                                           (Pages 52 - 83)

Attached Documents:
PAPAC(06)-05-24-P2-Forward Work Programme
PAPAC(06)-05-24-P3-Audit Wales Report-From Firefighting to Future-proofing

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