Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26
The Welsh Government must lay its draft budget for the next financial year before the Senedd to allow scrutiny of its proposals by the Finance Committee. Other Senedd Committees may also consider the draft budget before it is finalised.
Each year, the Finance Committee undertakes several engagement activities to gather views on where the Welsh Government should prioritise spending in its forthcoming budget. The Committee published its summary engagement report on the Draft Budget 2025-26 (PDF, 3MB) on 5 July 2024.
Further information on individual scrutiny sessions can be found on the Related Meetings tab.
Committee reports and responses
|
Committee |
Report |
Welsh Government Response |
|
Finance
Committee |
Report (PDF,
3.5MB) |
|
|
Legislation,
Justice and Constitution Committee |
Report (PDF,
193KB) |
|
|
Health
and Social Care Committee |
Report (PDF,
359KB) |
|
|
Local
Government and Housing Committee |
Report (PDF
612KB) |
|
|
Climate
Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee |
Report (PDF,
395KB) |
Written
response - Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change
and Rural Affairs (PDF 286KB) Written
response - Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales (PDF 286KB) |
|
Children,
Young People and Education Committee |
Report (PDF
764KB) |
Written
response (PDF 454KB) |
|
Culture,
Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee |
Report (PDF
558KB) |
Written
response – Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language Written
response – First Minister Written
response – Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership |
|
Economy,
Trade and Rural Affairs Committee |
Report (PDF
391KB) |
Written
response: Cabinet
Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture,
Skills and Social Partnership (PDF
187KB) Written
response: Deputy
First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs
(PDF 107KB) |
|
Equality
and Social Justice Committee |
Report (PDF
784 KB) |
(PDF
7KB) |
Business type: Budget Scrutiny
Reason considered: Senedd Business;
Status: Stage 1
First published: 19/03/2024
Documents
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Funding flexibilities for the Welsh Government from the UK Government -16 May 2025
PDF 170 KB - Letter from the UK Statistics Authority: Quarterly growth data for Wales - 17 April 2025
- Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to Senedd Committee Chairs: Scrutiny of the Draft Budget 2025-26: Evidence provided by the Welsh Government - 1 April 2025 PDF 119 KB
- Written response from the Cabinet Secretary for Education to recomendation 38 of the Finance Committee report - 3 March 2025 PDF 321 KB
- Written response by the Welsh Government to the report of the Finance Committee - March 2025 PDF 622 KB View as HTML (5) 364 KB
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Update on the Welsh Government's budget timetable - 10 February 2025
- Response from the Office for Budget Responsibility to recommendations included in the Finance Committee's report on the Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - 6 February 2025
- Letter to the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales - 6 February 2025 PDF 105 KB
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: HS2 Funding - 4 February 2025
PDF 306 KB
- Letter from the First Minister regarding Welsh Government International Relations - 28 January 2025 PDF 201 KB
- Letter from the National Education Union Cymru: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 - 22 January 2025
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: 2025-26 Draft Budget 2023-24 outturn comparator - 22 January 2025 PDF 254 KB
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language: Additional information following the Committee's Draft Budget scrutiny session on 12 December - 20 December 2024 PDF 1 MB
- Letter from the National Statistician: Wales-specific Quarterly Growth Data - 21 October 2024
- Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Education and Minister for Further and Higher Education - 17 October 2024 PDF 193 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, the Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing - 17 October 2024 PDF 169 KB
- Letter to the National Statistician and Permanent Secretary - Wales-specific Quarterly Growth Data - 4 October 2024 PDF 91 KB
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 Timetable update - 8 August 2024 PDF 159 KB
- Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: Welsh Government Draft Budget Timetable 2025-26 - 29 July 2024 PDF 107 KB
- Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: Welsh Government Budget Timetable 2025-26 - 11 July 2024 PDF 109 KB
- Letter to the Llywydd and Chair of the Business Committee: Welsh Government Budget Timetable 2025-26 – 11 July 2024 PDF 114 KB
- Letter from the Llywydd and Chair of Business Committee; Welsh Government Budget Timetable 2025-26 - 9 July 2024 PDF 217 KB
- Letter from the Trefnydd and Chief whip to the Chair of Business Committee: Budget timetable - 4 July 2024
- Letter to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and the Cabinet Office: Draft Budget 2025-26 Timetable - 27 June 2024 PDF 120 KB
- Letter from the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Constitution and Cabinet Office: Budget timetable - 4 July 2024 PDF 157 KB
- Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Finance Committee Summary Engagement Report - July 2024 PDF 3 MB
- Written response by the Welsh Government to the report of the Health and Social Care Committee - March 2025 PDF 332 KB
- Written response by the Welsh Government to the report of the Local Government and Housing Committee - March 2025 PDF 258 KB View as HTML (28) 97 KB
- Written response by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Welsh Language to the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee - March 2025 PDF 239 KB
- Written response by the First Minister to the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee - March 2025 PDF 151 KB
- Written response by the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership to the report of the Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport and International Relations Committee - March 2025 PDF 169 KB View as HTML (31) 62 KB
- Written response by the Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs to the report of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee - March 2025 PDF 286 KB
- Written response by the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales to the report of the Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee - March 2025 PDF 268 KB
- Written response by the Welsh Government to the report of the Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee - March 2025 PDF 152 KB
- Written response by the Welsh Government to the report of the Equality and Social Justice Committee - March 2025 PDF 204 KB View as HTML (35) 83 KB
Consultations
- Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Correspondence (running until )
- Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26 (completed)
- Welsh Government Draft Budget 2025-26: Supporting Documents (completed)