Agenda and minutes

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Tom Jackson 

Items
Expected timing No. Item

(9:00 - 9:05)

1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members and members of the public.

 

1.2        The Chair welcomed Lindsay Whittle AM, and formally thanked Leanne Wood AM for her contribution to the work of the Public Accounts Committee.

 

1.3        Apologies were received from Aled Roberts, for whom Eluned Parrot was substituting.

 

 

2.

Motion under Standing Order 17.42 to resolve to exclude the public from the meeting for the following business:

Item 3.

Minutes:

Item 3.

(9:05 - 9:15)

3.

Consideration of draft report on A Picture of Public Services

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee agreed its report on a Picture of Public Services 2011, which would be published shortly.

(9:15 - 10:00)

4.

Progress in Delivering the Welsh Housing Quality Standard - Evidence from the Welsh Local Government Association and the Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru

PAC(4) 06-12 – Paper 1 – Chartered Institute of Housing Cymru (CiH Cymru)

 

Keith Edwards, Director, CiH Cymru

Elin Jones, Housing and Regeneration Manager, CiH Cymru

 

PAC(4) 06-12 – Paper 2 – Welsh Local Government Association (WLGA)

 

Victoria Hiscocks, Policy and Public Affairs Manager

Sue Finch, Housing Policy Officer

Tony Jaques, Head of Public Housing Services – Vale of Glamorgan Council

Robin Staines, Head of Housing Services – Carmarthenshire County Council

 

 

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

4.1 The Chair Welcomed Keith Edwards, Director – Equalities and Social Justice, CIH Cymru; Elin Jones, Housing and Regeneration Manager, CIH Cymru; Victoria Hiscocks, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, CIH Cymru; Sue Finch, Housing Policy Officer, WLGA; Tony Jaques, Head of Public Housing Services – Vale of Glamorgan Council; and Robin Staines, Head of Housing Services – Carmarthenshire County Council.

 

4.2 Members questioned the witnesses.

(10:00 - 11:00)

5.

Grants Management in Wales - Evidence from the Welsh Government

 

Dame Gillian Morgan, Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government 

Michael Hearty, Director General for strategic planning for Finance and Performance

Arwel Thomas, Head of Corporate Governance

 

 

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1 The Chair Welcomed Dame Gillian Morgan, Permanent Secretary to the Welsh Government; Michael Hearty, Director General for strategic planning for Finance and Performance; and Arwel Thomas, Head of Corporate Governance.

 

5.2 Members scrutinised the Accounting Officer.

 

5.3 The Committee agreed to write to the Accounting Officer to request further information on questions it did not reach.

 

Action point:

 

·         The Welsh Government agreed to provide a chart outlining the reduction over time in the number of its grant schemes.

6.

Papers to note

PAC(4) 06-12 – Paper 3 – Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales regarding Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales

 

PAC(4) 06-12 – Paper 4 – Correspondence from the Welsh Government regarding Public Participation in Waste Recycling

 

PAC(4) 05-12 - Minutes

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1 The Committee noted the correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales regarding Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales.

 

6.2 The Committee noted correspondence from the Welsh Government regarding Public Participation in Waste Recycling.

 

6.3 The Committee ratified the minutes of the meeting on 20 March 2012.

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