Y Pwyllgor Cyllid
Finance Committee
Jane Hutt
Minister for Finance and Government Business
25 February 2015
Dear Jane
Second Supplementary Budget 2014-15
Thank you for attending Committee to give evidence yesterday. I write to clarify the position regarding the commissioning of the ‘Nuffield Trust Report: A Decade of Austerity in Wales’. When asked in Committee who had commissioned this report, you replied:
“I think I’d have to clarify exactly with the Minister for Health and Social Services. … It wasn’t commissioned by the Welsh Government, but the Welsh Government wanted to—. … I think it was felt outside the Welsh Government, but welcomed by the Welsh Government, that we needed that overview, which would very much fall alongside a Nuffield overview in England in terms of finances.”[1]
Having looked at the Nuffield Trust Report, I have noted that it says:
“This is an independent report, which has been commissioned by the Welsh Government.”
I would be grateful for your clarification on this matter and due to the timescales associated with the supplementary budget I would be grateful for a quick response.
Yours sincerely,
Jocelyn Davies AM
Chair