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The Welsh Government’s Supporting People Programme
- This consultation has completed. It ran from Friday, 10 November 2017 to Friday, 22 December 2017
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Response to the consultation
Evidence submitted in response to this Consultation
- SP 01 Cornerstone Support Services Limited
PDF 50 KB
- SP 02 The Wallich
PDF 74 KB
- SP 03 Isle of Anglesey County Council
PDF 73 KB
- SP 04 Gwynedd Council
PDF 43 KB
- SP 05 Wrexham County Borough Council
PDF 50 KB
- SP 06 Community Housing Cymru
PDF 97 KB
- SP 07 Individual
PDF 79 KB
- SP 08 Denbighshire County Council
PDF 66 KB
- SP 09 Gwent Regional Collaborative Committee
PDF 98 KB
- SP 10 Llamau
PDF 70 KB
- SP 11 Minister for Housing and Regeneration
PDF 40 KB
- SP 12 Hywel Dda university Health Board
PDF 45 KB
- SP 13 CIH Cymru
PDF 67 KB
- SP 14 Welsh Women’s Aid
PDF 602 KB
- SP 15 Tai Pawb
PDF 80 KB
- SP 16 Welsh Local Government Association
PDF 108 KB
- SP 17 Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council
PDF 69 KB
- SP 18 Cymorth Cymru
PDF 135 KB
Purpose of the consultation
The
National Assembly of Wales’ Public
Accounts Committee is undertaking an inquiry into the Welsh Government’s
Supporting People Programme. The Auditor
General for Wales published a report
on the Supporting People Programme on 31 August 2017, and the Welsh Government
have responded
to the Auditor General’s recommendations.
The
Committee is aware that the recent publication by the Welsh Government of the
detail of its budget
plans has created some uncertainty about the way in which Supporting People
funding will be managed in future and this will be taken into account as part
of the Committee’s work.
The
inquiry will consider the overall governance and management of the Supporting
People Programme. The Committee does not
have a role in scrutinising the Welsh Government’s budget, but it can consider
the way in which budgetary changes are implemented and their impact.
To
assist with its inquiry, the Committee would welcome your views on the
following matters:
- The
impact of wider policy developments on the programme including:
- The overall clarity of the Programme’s
objectives;
- The implications of, and emerging
response to, the UK Government’s Supported Accommodation review;
- How the Welsh Government might improve
communication about the priorities for the Programme and the impact of
wider developments;
- How best to align the work of the
Regional Collaborative Committees with other collaborative governance
arrangements;
- The lessons to be learned from the
mixed effectiveness and impact of regional working over the past five
years;
- The extent to which the governance and
management arrangements for the Programme reflect the ways of working
expected under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
·
Monitoring and evaluation
including:
- How monitoring/outcome data is used to
inform decision-making about programme expenditure and contract
monitoring;
- The revised outcomes framework that the
Welsh Government is proposing and the extent to which it will address the
limitations of the current framework;
- How any revised outcomes framework
arrangements can be best communicated and embedded;
- Other opportunities to strengthen
monitoring and evaluation, including in assessing the relative value for
money of comparable services.
·
The distribution of
Programme funding and financial planning including:
- The issues that need to be considered
in developing and implementing any new funding formula;
- How budget pressures and funding
uncertainty have affected service planning and delivery;
- Reasons for the identified wide
variation in financial support for different client groups across local
authorities;
- Reasons for the noticeable change in
the overall proportion of programme funds spent on floating and fixed
support;
- The extent to which local and regional
planning processes and spending reflect well-evidenced needs, rather than
historical patterns.
Submissions
should arrive by 22 December 2017. It
may not be possible to take into account responses received after this date.
Providing Written Evidence
The
National Assembly for Wales has two official languages, Welsh and English.
In
line with the Assembly’s
Official Languages Scheme (PDF 1MB), the Committee requests that documents
or written responses to consultations intended for publication or use in
National Assembly proceedings are submitted bilingually. When documents or
written responses are not submitted bilingually, we will publish in the
language submitted, stating that it has been received in that language only.
We
expect other organisations to implement their own standards or schemes and to
comply with their statutory obligation.
Please
see guidance
for those providing evidence for committees.
Disclosure of information
Please
ensure that you have considered the Assembly’s policy
on disclosure of information before submitting information to the
Committee.
Supporting documents
Contact details
Should you wish to speak to someone regarding this consultation, please use the below contact details:
Public Accounts Committee
Welsh Parliament
Cardiff Bay
Cardiff
CF99 1SN
Email: Contact@senedd.wales
Telephone: 0300 200 6565