Meetings
Members' Office related costs
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Meeting: 13/07/2020 - Senedd Commission (Item 7)
Accounting Officer Rules on the use of Senedd Commission Resources
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 2
Minutes:
Commissioners noted the re-drafted Accounting Officer Rules on the use of Senedd Commission Resources, which are issued under the authority of the Code of Conduct for Senedd Members, paragraph 10, by the Accounting Officer of the Senedd Commission under section 138 of the Government of Wales Act 2006.
Meeting: 23/09/2019 - Senedd Commission (Item 6)
Members' Office related costs funded centrally by Commission
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 5
Minutes:
Having
agreed in 2018 to move towards more transparency and accountability in relation
to costs incurred by Members for the running of their offices, other than those
provided for by the Determination, Commissioners considered data relating to
expenditure over a 12 month period.
Commissioners
agreed to talk to their groups about the proposed changes to the way these
costs are managed with a view to agreeing the recommendations in order to
facilitate this improvement.
Meeting: 04/06/2018 - Senedd Commission (Item 4)
Members' Office related costs funded centrally by the Assembly Commission - note
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 8
Minutes:
Earlier in the year,
Commissioners had considered budgeting arrangements for office related costs
which are funded by the Commission, rather than the Determination.
Given the issues raised at that meeting the proposal made to Commissioners was that that a full financial year be allocated to monitoring expenditure. Commissioners confirmed that they wished to move towards more transparency and accountability of spend directly driven by Members, and that working with Members would be a useful step in this process.
Commissioners commented on a draft note for Members in order that it could be finalised and shared with Members.
Meeting: 26/02/2018 - Senedd Commission (Item 3)
Members' Office related costs funded centrally by the Assembly Commission
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 11
Minutes:
Commissioners gave consideration to the costs, other than
those provided by the Determination, incurred by Members for the running of
their offices.
They agreed to proposals to review the way that office
related budgets are managed over the short and long term with a view to
achieving more transparency and accountability for this additional Members’
Office expenditure.
Commissioners also agreed to consult with Members about the introduction of an interim move towards this approach.
Meeting: 17/09/2015 - Senedd Commission (Item 5)
Furniture replacement
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 14
- Restricted enclosure 15
Minutes:
The
Commission reviewed information that had been provided regarding the need to
refurbish offices in Tŷ Hywel used by Assembly Members.
Commissioners
agreed that the refurbishment of Members’ offices should be part of the on-going
rolling maintenance programme for the Assembly estate.