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

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FIN(6)-12-24 P6 – Scoping paper

 

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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

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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

 

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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

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FIN(6)-18-23 P4 – Update on changes to the Budget Process Protocol

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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

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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

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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

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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

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FIN(6)-19-22 P4 – Paper on the Budget Protocol

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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

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FIN(6)-12-22 P1 - Interparliamentary Finance Committee Forum

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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

 

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Research Service: Background paper

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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

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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

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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.