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)
Supporting documents:
- PAC(4)-14-15 PTN1 - Letter from Jeremy Patterson, CE Powys County Council (7 May 2015), item 2 PDF 100 KB View as HTML (2/1) 58 KB
Meeting: 19/05/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Managing Early Departures: Additional information from RCT on early departures
Supporting documents:
- PAC(4)-14-15 PTN2 - Additional information from RCT on early departures, item 2 PDF 30 KB View as HTML (2/1) 6 KB
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
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 11 , View reasons restricted (4/1)
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)
Supporting documents:
Meeting: 17/03/2015 - Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 1)
1 Managing Early Departures
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 21 , View reasons restricted (1/1)
- Restricted enclosure 22 , View reasons restricted (1/2)
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
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 26 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
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.