Meetings
Review of the Budget Process Protocol
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: 01/12/2025 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 5 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Budget Process Protocol - 18 November 2025
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Meeting: 22/10/2025 - Finance Committee (Item 7)
7 Update on changes to the Budget Protocol and related procedures
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 7 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
- Restricted enclosure 8 , View reasons restricted (7/2)
Minutes:
7.1 The Committee considered and agreed the draft letters to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, and the Directly Funded Bodies.
Meeting: 18/09/2025 - Finance Committee (Item 8)
8 Changes to the Budget Process Protocol and related budgetary procedures: Update
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 12 , View reasons restricted (8/1)
- FIN(6)-19-25 P12 - Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language - 22 July 2025, item 8
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Minutes:
8.1 The Committee considered the cover paper and the Cabinet Secretary’s letter in relation to the Budget Process Protocol and related budgetary procedures, and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary and the Directly Funded Bodies.
Meeting: 26/06/2025 - Finance Committee (Item 6)
6 Changes to the Budget Process Protocol and related budgetary procedures
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 17 , View reasons restricted (6/1)
- Restricted enclosure 18 , View reasons restricted (6/2)
- FIN(6)-16-25 P3 - Letter from the Electoral Commission: Timing of estimate - 28 March 2025, item 6
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- FIN(6)-16-25 P4 - Letter from the Business Committee – 18 June 2025, item 6
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Minutes:
6.1 The Committee considered the correspondence and agreed the draft letters to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language, and to the Electoral Commission.
Meeting: 04/06/2025 - Finance Committee (Item 9)
9 Review of Budget Process Protocol and associated procedures
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 24 , View reasons restricted (9/1)
Minutes:
9.1 The Committee considered the paper on the review of Budget Process Protocol and associated procedures, and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language.
Meeting: 30/04/2025 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 3 - Letter from the Electoral Commission: Timing of estimate - 28 March 2025
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Meeting: 03/10/2024 - Finance Committee (Item 9)
9 Changes to the Budget Process Protocol
Supporting documents:
FIN(6)-19-24 P9 – Cover paper: Changes to the Budget Process Protocol
FIN(6)-19-24 P10 – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: Proposed Changes to the Budget Process Protocol - 1 August 2024
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 32 , View reasons restricted (9/1)
- FIN(6)-19-24 P10 – Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: Proposed Changes to the Budget Process Protocol - 1 August 2024, item 9
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Minutes:
9.1 The Committee noted the letter from the then Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office on the proposed changes to the Budget Process Protocol and related budget procedures.
9.2 The Committee agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language on the changes to the Budget Process Protocol and related budget procedures.
Meeting: 09/02/2023 - Finance Committee (Item 2)
2 PTN 2 - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government - Proposed Changes to the Budget Protocol - 17 January 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 41 , 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 45 , View reasons restricted (9/1)
Minutes:
9.1 The Committee considered the paper on the Budget Protocol.