Agenda and minutes

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public to the meeting. 

Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Local Government and Government Business

Piers Bisson - Deputy Director, Public Service Reform Division

Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance

Sioned Evans, Deputy Director, Property Division 

2.1 The Chair welcomed Lesley Griffiths AM, Minister for Local Government and Government Business; Jane Hutt AM, Minister for Finance; Sioned Evans, Deputy Director, Property Division; and Deborah Paramore, Programme Manager, Public Service Reform Team.

2.2 The Committee scrutinised the Ministers.

Action points:

The Welsh Government agreed to provide:

·         An update on savings received from the Location Strategy and the management of the administrative estate;

·         Further information on what the Welsh Government is doing to improve the reliability and consistency of reporting information to enable benchmarking and performance management;

·         Examples of where successful Invest to Save bids have been used to address Asset Management issues;

·         Savings made by using the National Assets Working Group approach, proportionate to savings made by the Scottish Futures Trust model.

3.1 The Committee noted the minutes from the previous meeting. 

5.1 The Committee discussed the evidence on its inquiry into Asset Management.

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