Meetings
Welsh Government budget
This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.
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Meeting: 16/05/2024 - Finance Committee (Item 6.)
6. Inquiry into Financial Transactions Capital: Scoping Paper
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-12-24 P6 – Scoping paper
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 3 , View reasons restricted (6./1)
Meeting: 09/05/2024 - Finance Committee (Item 2.1)
2.1 PTN 1 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office: Approach to the publication of supplementary budgets - 29 April 2024
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Meeting: 01/05/2024 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 3 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution & Cabinet Office regarding two analytical reports which use income tax data to explore migration - 24 April 2024
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Meeting: 31/01/2024 - Finance Committee (Item 4)
4 National Audit Office Report - Administration of Welsh Income Tax 2022-23
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-03-24 P7 – Letter from the National Audit Office (includes hyperlink to its report on ‘Administration of Welsh Income Tax 2022-23’ – 19 January 2024.
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Minutes:
4.1 The Committee noted the report from the National Audit Office.
Meeting: 18/01/2024 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 3 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Review of the Budget Process Protocol - 15 January 2024
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Meeting: 18/01/2024 - Finance Committee (Item 9)
9 Second Supplementary Budget 2023-24 requests from Directly Funded Bodies
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-02-24 P6 – Cover paper
FIN(6)-02-24 P7 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’ Second Supplementary Estimate 2023-24
FIN(6)-02-24 P8 – Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Local Government pay award – 11 December 2023
FIN(6)-02-24 P9 – Letter from Audit Wales: Letter from Audit Wales: Second Supplementary Estimate 2023-24 – 6 December 2023
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 21 , View reasons restricted (9/1)
- FIN(6)-02-24 P7 - Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’ Supplementary Estimate 2022-23, item 9 PDF 752 KB
- FIN(6)-02-24 P8 – Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales: Local Government pay award – 11 December 2023, item 9 PDF 795 KB
- FIN(6)-02-24 P9 – Letter from Audit Wales: Letter from Audit Wales: Second Supplementary Estimate 2023-24 – 6 December 2023, item 9 PDF 1 MB
Minutes:
9.1 The Committee considered and agreed the requested variations to the Audit Wales’s Estimate 2023-24; and the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales’s Estimate 2023-24.
Meeting: 09/11/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 6)
6 Budget Process Protocol
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-18-23 P4 – Update on changes to the Budget Process Protocol
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 28 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
Minutes:
6.1 The Committee considered the paper on the Budget Process Protocol and agreed to write to the Minister for Finance and Local Government and consult with the Directly Funded Bodies.
Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 13 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Cost of living payment - 1 August 2023
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Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 12 - Letter to the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Cost of living payment - 11 July 2023
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Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 9)
9 Review of the budget protocol
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-13-23 P7 Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Llywydd – 9 August 2023
FIN(6)-13-23 P8 Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government - 20 July 2023
Research Service Brief
Supporting documents:
- FIN(6)-13-23 P7 Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government to the Llywydd – 9 August 2023, item 9 PDF 184 KB
- FIN(6)-13-23 P8 Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government - 20 July 2023, item 9 PDF 276 KB
- Research Service Brief , View reasons restricted (9/3)
Minutes:
9.1 The Committee considered the paper on the review of the budget protocol and agreed to write to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury.
Meeting: 13/09/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 3 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Welsh rates of Income Tax outturn statistics 2021-22 - 7 July 2023
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Meeting: 01/12/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 5)
5 Review of the Budget Protocol: Consideration of draft letter
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-24-22 P6 - Draft letter
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 50 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
5.1 The Committee considered and agreed the draft letter.
Meeting: 05/10/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 9)
9 Review of the Budget Protocol
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-19-22 P4 – Paper on the Budget Protocol
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 54 , View reasons restricted (9/1)
Minutes:
9.1 The Committee considered the paper on the Budget Protocol.
Meeting: 22/06/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget improvement plan - 1 June 2022
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Meeting: 18/05/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 3)
3 Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-12-22 P1 - Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 62 , View reasons restricted (3/1)
Minutes:
3.1 The Committee considered the paper on the Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum.
Meeting: 18/05/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
Technical briefing with Welsh Government officials: Budget Improvement Plan
Andrew Jeffreys, Director Treasury, Welsh Government
Matt Wellington, Head of Budget Policy & Delivery, Welsh Government
Andrew Johnson, Special Adviser to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Supporting documents:
Budget Improvement Plan (PDF, 279KB)
Minutes:
2.1 The Committee received a technical briefing from the Welsh Government officials.
Meeting: 11/05/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 18 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Approach to the publication of supplementary budgets during 2022-23 - 4 May 2022
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Meeting: 11/05/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 8 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget Improvement Impact Advisory Group (BIIAG) - 27 April 2022
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Meeting: 11/05/2022 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 7 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Budget Improvement Impact Advisory Group (BIIAG) - 25 March 2022
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Meeting: 13/10/2021 - Finance Committee (Item 5)
5 Informal briefing: Understanding the financial position in Wales
David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies
Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre
Guto Ifan, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre
Supporting papers:
Research Service: Background paper
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 80 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
5.1 The Committee received a briefing from David Phillips, Associate Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies; Dr Ed Poole, Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre; and Guto Ifan, Research Associate, Wales Governance Centre.
Meeting: 08/10/2021 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 3 – Letter from the Convener of the Finance and Public Administration Committee, Scottish Parliament: Collaborative working – 29 September 2021
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Meeting: 15/09/2021 - Finance Committee (Item 5)
5 Budget Review Group
Supporting papers:
FIN(6)-04-21 P4 - Budget Review Group: Background paper
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 88 , View reasons restricted (5/1)
Minutes:
5.1 The Committee considered the background paper on a proposed Budget Review Group.
Meeting: 06/07/2021 - Business Committee (Item 7)
Letter from the Minister Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 91
Minutes:
Business
Committee agreed to consult with the Finance Committee on the budget timetable
and return to the matter at the first meeting in September.