Meetings

Managing Early Departures

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Meeting: 19/05/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Managing Early Departures: Letter from Jeremy Patterson, CE Powys County Council (7 May 2015)

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Meeting: 19/05/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)

2 Managing Early Departures: Additional information from RCT on early departures

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Meeting: 21/04/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Managing Early Departures: Evidence Session 1

Research Brief

 

Jeremy Patterson – Chief Executive, Powys County Council

David Powell – Strategic Director, Powys County Council

Tony Wilkins - Director of Human Resources, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

Barrie Davies - Director of Financial Services, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council

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Minutes:

4.1 The Committee took evidence from Jeremy Patterson, Chief Executive, Powys County Council and David Powell, Strategic Director, Powys County Council together with Tony Wilkins, Director of Human Resources, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council and Barrie Davies, Director of Financial Services, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council on its inquiry into Managing Early Departures.

 

4.2 Jeremy Patterson agreed to send the following information to Committee:

 

·       Details of the total numbers of departures since the Auditor General for Wales’ report with average costs and which departments have been affected;

 

·       Agreed to check and send details as to whether Powys County Council has utilised the services of consultants who were previous employees who left the authority under an early departure scheme;

 

·       Details of current vacancy numbers together with the departments involved, and

 

·       Details of the numbers of expressions of interest for the last round of early departure applications

 

4.3 Tony Wilkins agreed to send the following information to Committee:

 

·       Details of current vacancy numbers together with the departments involved.

 

 

 


Meeting: 21/04/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)

Managing Early Departures: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

7.1 The Committee considered the evidence received.

 


Meeting: 17/03/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)

4 Managing Early Departures: Letter from the Auditor General for Wales on Invest to Save (10 March 2015)

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Meeting: 17/03/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 1)

1 Managing Early Departures

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Minutes:

1.1     The Committee considered the Welsh Government’s response to the Auditor General for Wales report on Managing Early Departures and a letter from the Auditor General for Wales providing further information requested by the Committee.


Meeting: 10/02/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)

5 Briefing from the Wales Audit Office on Managing Early Departures across Welsh Public Bodies

PAC(4)-05-15 Paper 2 - Managing Early Departures across Welsh Public Bodies

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Minutes:

5.1     The Wales Audit Office briefed the Committee on its recent report on Managing Early Departures across Welsh Public Bodies.

 

5.2     The Wales Audit Office agreed to provide the following:

·         A note on the Invest to Save scheme.

·         The featured public bodies’ headcounts at closing at 2013-2014.

 

5.3     The Committee also agreed to:

·         Write to the Permanent Secretary inviting a response to the report.