Meeting the Financial Challenges Facing Local Government in Wales
Meeting the Financial Challenges Facing Local Government in Wales
The Committee agreed on
20 May 2014 to undertake further work on the ‘Meeting the Financial Challenges Facing Local Government in Wales’
report. The Committee were keen to consider what planning had been undertaken
in Local Authorities to meet the financial challenges and for the Committee’s
work to feed into the Finance Committee’s scrutiny of the budget.
The work
was undertaken in two stages.
Stage One –consideration of the
working arrangements between the Welsh Government and WLGA regarding the Local
Government settlement to ensure there is joint working to discuss and resolve their different views on the timeliness
of information on the annual settlement, to establish areas such as a
mutual understanding of what settlement is looking for, and time limits for the
sharing of information.
Stage Two – to challenge local
government leaders about the need to do more to address the financial
challenges and consider whether the scope for further savings is being hindered
by the lack of clarity on the future of local government boundaries in
Wales. This can incorporate
consideration of the AGW’s forthcoming national overview report of the quality
and effectiveness of local authorities’ financial planning arrangements, and
aspects of the recently published AGW local government improvement study report
on scrutiny arrangements.
During
its meeting on 6 October 2015, the Committee considered the further response
from the Welsh Government (14 September 2015) and noted it was unlikely to
revisit this issue before the end of this Assembly Term.
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Complete
First published: 28/05/2014
Documents
- Letter from the Auditor General for Wales (29 September 2015) PDF 163 KB
- Letter from the Deputy Permanent Secretay, Education & Public Services Group, Welsh Government (14 September 2015) PDF 179 KB
- Letter from the Director General, Local Government and Communities Division, Welsh Government (24 June 2015) PDF 177 KB
- Letter from the Director General, Local Government and Communities, Welsh Government (14 May 2015)
- Letter from Vale of Glamorgan Council to the Minister for Public Services (13 November 2014)
- Letter from Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to Minister for Public Services (13 November 2014)
- Letter from the Welsh Local Government Authority to the Minister for Public Services (10 November 2014)
- Letter from the Minister for Public Services (6 November 2014)
- Letter from the Director General, Local Government and Communites (22 July 2014)
- Letter from Chief Executive, Welsh Local Government Association (8 July 2014) PDF 69 KB
- Letter from the Director General, Local Government and Communities (1 July 2014)