Y Pwyllgor Amgylchedd a Chynaliadwyedd

Environment and Sustainability Committee

Emyr Roberts Chief Executive Natural Resources Wales

6 March 2015

Annwyl Emyr

Invitation to attend Environment and Sustainability Committee 6 May

The Environment and Sustainability Committee would like to invite you and Peter Matthews to appear before us at our meeting on 6 May 2015.

The purpose of the session will be to discuss Natural Resources Wales’ operation since its establishment in April 2013.  The Committee would be very grateful for a bilingual paper in advance of the session outlining key issues and progress made by NRW since its establishment, we would particularly welcome the following information:

Voluntary Severance Scheme

§ An update on the voluntary severance scheme including numbers of staff that have taken up the scheme and the total cost to date.

Business Plan

§ A summary of the body’s performance against the 2014-15 Business Plan including the latest corporate dashboard performance report;

§ A copy of the 2015-16 Business Plan, if available.

Permits

§ An update on the number of permits the body has issued to itself over the last 12 months.

Self-policing

§ A summary of any enforcement or self-policing action the body has taken against itself in the last 12 months.

Grants/Funding Programmes

§ An update on grants and partnership funding programmes and the changes made to this since the body became operational.

Cost Benefits

§ The latest cost benefits profile for the body including an explanation of any further changes made since May 2014.

Financial Position

§ The latest financial position of the body.

Invest to Save

§ Details of the Invest to Save funding the body has received to date.

It would be very helpful to the Committee if your paper could be submitted to the Clerk by Wednesday 22 April.  Please ask your officials to contact the Clerk to the Committee should you require any further information.

Yn gywir,

Alun Ffred Jones AM

Chair of the Environment and Sustainability Committee