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Public Accounts Committee - Fourth Assembly - Tuesday, 10 March 2015 09.00

Venue: Committee Room 3 - Senedd. View directions

Contact: Michael Kay 

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(09:00)

1.

Introductions, apologies and substitutions

Minutes:

1.1        The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting.

 

1.2     There were no apologies.

 

(09:00-09:05)

2.

Papers to note

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

2.1     The papers were noted.

 

2.2     The Committee agreed to write to the Minister for Education and Skills to request a clear timetable of actions against its recommendations on Covering Teachers’ Absence.

 

2.1

Covering Teachers’ Absence: Letter from the Minister for Education and Skills (25 February 2015)

Supporting documents:

2.2

The Welsh Government's location strategy: Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government (4 March 2015)

Supporting documents:

2.3

Committee Correspondence: Letter from Paul Martin MSP, Convener, Public Audit Committee, Scottish Parliament (4 March 2015)

Supporting documents:

(09:00-10:00)

3.

Welsh Government Annual Report on Grants Management 2014: Evidence session 1

Sir Derek Jones, Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government

David Richards, Director of Governance, Welsh Government

Gawain Evans, Deputy Director, Financial Controls, Welsh Government

Peter Ryland, Deputy Director, Programme Performance and Finance, WEFO

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

3.1     The Committee scrutinised the Welsh Government on its Annual Report on Grants Management.

 

3.2     The Welsh Government agreed to provide a note on:

·         the potential losses that are outstanding as a result of organisations that are in liquidation;

·         the number of complaints from the third sector about the way grants have been administered and the occasions where three months’ notice in advance of the termination of a contract was not given;

·         the number of cases included in the sample audit and the levels of non-compliance within that sample;

·         the 35 grants ended in 2013/14;

·         whether all of the Local Authorities are attending and contributing to Local Authority training provided by CIPFA (via WLGA) and Welsh Government/Welsh Audit Office; and

·         the £22 million-worth of hypothecated grant funding to the NHS.

 

(10:00)

4.

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

Items 5 and 6 of today’s meeting and Items 1 and 2 for the meeting on Tuesday 17 March.

Minutes:

4.1     The motion was agreed.

 

(10:00-10:30)

5.

National Framework for Continuing NHS Healthcare: Consideration of Draft Report

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

5.1     The Committee considered the draft report on Continuing NHS Healthcare and agreed a small number of changes.

 

(10:30-11:00)

6.

NHS Waiting Times: Consideration of Welsh Government Response

Supporting documents:

Minutes:

6.1     The Committee considered the Welsh Government’s response to the Auditor General for Wales’ report on NHS Waiting Times and agreed to invite the Chair of a Community Health Council and a Health Board to provide oral evidence at a future meeting.

 

6.2     The Chair agreed to write to Dr Andrew Goodall to inquire about the timetable for implementing the agreed recommendations as set out in his letter.

 

 

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