Natural Resources Wales
Natural Resources Wales
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is the largest Welsh Government Sponsored Body - employing 1,900 staff across Wales with a budget of £180 million. NRW was formed in April 2013, largely taking over the functions of the Countryside Council for Wales, Forestry Commission Wales and the Environment Agency in Wales, as well as certain Welsh Government functions.
The Auditor General for Wales undertook a review of whether NRW has in place, or is developing, effective governance arrangements that support delivery of its key priorities and outcomes, publishing a report in February 2016.
The Public Accounts Committee considered this report and scrutinised NRW’s Annual Accounts 2015-16 following qualification by the Auditor General. The Committee received regular updates on the implementation of NRW’s action plan following the Committee’s Report.
The Auditor General qualified NRW’s 2017-18 Annual Accounts on 16 July 2018 which the Committee scrutinised in autumn 2018. The Committee’s report was published in November 2018. Both the Welsh Government and NRW have responded to the recommendations contained in the Report, which the Committee considered on 28 January 2019.
The Committee held an evidence session with NRW in February 2019 to further examine the recommendations and actions arising out of this report and the independent review. A Plenary debate was held on 13 February 2019.
The Committee further examined NRW’s actions to address the issues raised during its scrutiny of NRW’s Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19, which were again qualified by the Auditor General for Wales, in January 2020. The Committee was satisfied that progress has been made and the issues identified in the report had been fully addressed.
Annual Report and
Accounts 2017-18
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Evidence
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agenda and Minutes |
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1.Natural
Resources Wales
Clare
Pillman – Chief Executive and Accounting Officer |
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2. UK
Forest Products Association |
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3. Natural
Resources Wales Clare
Pillman – Chief Executive and Accounting Officer Sir
David Henshaw – Chair |
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4. Natural
Resources Wales Claire Pillman Sir Ian Henshaw |
Annual Report and
Accounts 2015-16
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Evidence
Session |
Date,
agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
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1.Natural
Resources Wales
- Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 |
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transcript of Evidence Session 1 (PDF 361KB) |
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2. UK
Forest Products Association - Natural
Resources Wales: Scrutiny of Annual Report and Accounts 2015-16 |
Read
transcript of Evidence Session 2 (PDF 457KB) |
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3.
Natural Resources Wales: Scrutiny
of Annual Report
and Accounts 2015-16 and Scrutiny of
Auditor General for Wales’ Report: The Development of Natural
Resources Wales |
Read
transcript of Evidence Session 3 (PDF 457KB) |
The Finance Committee’s responsibilities include oversight of the Wales Audit Office. The Finance Committee took evidence from the Auditor General for Wales on 15th March 2017 in relation to the delay in the laying of Natural Resources Wales Annual accounts 2015-16 (Transcript PDF, 423KB).
Business type: Other
Status: Complete
First published: 20/02/2017
Documents
- Letter from the Chair to Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 7 January 2021
PDF 108 KB - Correspondence from Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 21 December 2020 PDF 146 KB
- Correspondence from Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 20 February 2020 PDF 161 KB
- Letter from the Chair to Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 31 January 2020 PDF 137 KB
- Correspondence from Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 11 July 2019 PDF 311 KB
- Welsh Government Response to the Committee Report - 1 April 2019 PDF 263 KB
- Letter from the Chair to Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 25 February 2019 PDF 139 KB
- Correspondence from Sir David Henshaw, Chair, Natural Resources Wales - 4 February 2019 PDF 172 KB
- Correspondence from Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 4 February 2019 PDF 153 KB
- Grant Thornton Independent Review - Natural Resources Wales Governance of timber sales - 3 February 2019 PDF 558 KB
- Natural Resources Wales response to the Committee Report - 14 January 2019 PDF 238 KB
- Welsh Government Response to the Committee Report - 11 January 2019 PDF 107 KB
- Committee Report - 26 November 2018 PDF 570 KB
- Letter from Committee Chair to the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - 6 November 2018 PDF 156 KB
- Correspondence from Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 17 October 2018 PDF 60 KB
- Correspondence from Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 12 September 2018 PDF 296 KB
- Supplementary Memorandum of the Auditor General for Wales to the Public Accounts Committee: Timber Sales Contracts awarded by Natural Resources Wales - July 2018 PDF 328 KB
- Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 - July 2018 PDF 3 MB
- Letter from the Chair to Clare Pillman, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer, Natural Resources Wales - 20 July 2018 PDF 145 KB
- Correspondence from Natural Resources Wales - 9 July 2018 PDF 81 KB
- Correspondence from Natural Resources Wales - 6 April 2018 PDF 73 KB
- Correspondence from Natural Resources Wales - 29 November 2017 PDF 412 KB
- Plenary Debate - 19 July 2017
- Natural Resources Wales response - 5 July 2017 PDF 203 KB
- Letter from Committee Chair to the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - 27 June 2017 PDF 194 KB
- Committee Report - 15 June 2017 PDF 733 KB
- Additional evidence from Natural Resources Wales - 1 June 2017 PDF 299 KB
- Additional evidence - Executive Director, United Kingdom Forest Products Association (June 2017) PDF 122 KB View as HTML (28) 14 KB
- Natural Resources Wales comments on note received by UK Forest Product Association (May 2017) PDF 198 KB
- Natural Resources Wales - Internal Audit Report - Long Term Timber Contracts (May 2017) PDF 411 KB
- Additional information from Natural Resources Wales (10 April 2017) PDF 1 MB
- Auditor General for Wales - Memorandum on Timber Sales Contracts (March 2017) PDF 492 KB
- Natural Resouces Wales Annual Accounts 2015-16 (March 2017) PDF 2 MB
- Auditor General for Wales Report - The Development of Natural Resources Wales (February 2016) PDF 2 MB
- Finance Committee
- Finance Committee report into the delay in the laying of Natural Resources Wales Annual Accounts 2015-16 by the Auditor General for Wales (May 2017) PDF 602 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to the First Minister (May 2017) PDF 199 KB
- Letter from the First Minister to the Chair of the Finance Committee (May 2017) PDF 177 KB
- Letter from Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the Finance Committee (April 2017) PDF 194 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Finance Committee to the Auditor General for Wales (January 2017) PDF 101 KB
- Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the Finance Committee (December 2016) PDF 171 KB
- Letter from the Auditor General for Wales to the Chair of the Finance Committee (December 2016) PDF 229 KB