Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21
The Welsh Government laid its draft budget for 2020-21 before the Assembly to allow scrutiny of its proposals by the Finance Committee. Other Assembly Committees also considered the draft budget before it was finalised.
The Finance Committee published its report Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-2021 (PDF, 3MB) on 29 January 2020. The Minister for Finance and Trefnydd responded (PDF, 246KB) to the Committee’s report on 28 February 2020.
A debate on the draft Budget was held in Plenary on 4 February 2020.
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Evidence session |
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1. Rebecca Evans AM, Minister for
Finance and Trefnydd Andrew Jeffreys, Director, Welsh
Treasury, Welsh Government Matthew Wellington, Head of Budget
Delivery, Welsh Government |
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2. Victoria Winckler, Director, Bevan
Foundation Dr Helen Tilley, Senior Research
Fellow, Wales Centre for Public Policy Anna Nicholl, Director of Strategy,
Wales Council for Voluntary Action |
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3. Cathy Madge, Lead Change Maker,
Office of the Future Generations Commissioner Eurgain Powell, Change Maker,
Office of the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales Alex Chapman, Consultant, New
Economics Foundation |
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4. Edward Evans, Company Director and
Secretary, Civil Engineering Contractors Association Wales |
Evidence session cancelled |
Evidence session cancelled |
Evidence session cancelled |
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5. Robert Chote, Chairman, Office for
Budget Responsibility Andy King, Budget Responsibility
Committee Member, Office for Budget Responsibility |
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6. David Phillips, Associate
Director; Institute for Fiscal Studies Guto Ifan, Research Associate. Wales
Governance Centre, Cardiff University Cian Sion, Research Associate, Wales
Governance Centre, Cardiff University Michael Trickey, Programme Director,
Wales Public Services 2025 Cardiff University |
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7. Rebecca Evans AM, Minister for
Finance and Trefnydd Andrew Jeffreys, Director, Welsh
Treasury, Welsh Government Matthew Wellington, Head of Budget
Delivery, Welsh Government |
Read Transcript of
Evidence Session 7 |
Watch
Evidence Session 7 on Senedd.TV |
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Committee reports on the draft budget |
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Finance Committee Scrutiny
of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-2021 (PDF, 3MB) Welsh
Government response (PDF, 246KB) |
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Equality, Local Government and
Communities Committee: Welsh
Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21 (PDF, 458KB) Welsh Government response
(PDF, 233KB) |
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Children, Young People and Education
Committee: Scrutiny
of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 (PDF, 444KB) Welsh Government response
(PDF, 527KB) Letter
from the Minister for Housing and Local Government to the Equality, Local
Government and Communities Committee and Children, Young People and Education
Committee on prioritisation of schools funding in the 2020-21 local
government settlement - 02 March 2020 (PDF, 353KB) |
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Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
Report: Welsh
Government Draft Budget 2020-21 (PDF, 280KB) Welsh
Government response (PDF 624KB) |
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Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 (PDF, 254KB) Welsh Government response
(PDF, 426KB ) |
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Report by the
Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee: Scrutiny
of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2020/21 (PDF, 184KB) Welsh Government response (PDF 539KB) |
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Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee: Correspondence
with the Welsh
Language Commissioner: Draft budget 2020-21 (PDF, 193KB) Correspondence
with the Deputy
Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism: Draft budget 2020-21 (PDF,
280KB) |
Business type: Budget Scrutiny
Status: Complete
First published: 09/07/2019
Documents
- Finance Committee Report (PDF, 3MB)
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding UK Contingencies Fund – 10 February 2021
PDF 257 KB - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – Additional information on financial transactions capital and Wales Barnett formula consequentials – 21 January 2021 PDF 271 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd, 3 July 2020 PDF 261 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Education, 23 June 2020 PDF 273 KB
- Letter to Assembly Committees - 10 July 2019 PDF 182 KB
- Stakeholder Engagement: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 Aberystwyth 27 June 2019 PDF 131 KB
- Expert adviser - Job specification PDF 260 KB View as HTML (8) 85 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to the Chair- 5 July 2019 PDF 246 KB
- Letter from the Llywydd to the Chair - 10 July 2019 PDF 152 KB
- Letter to Business Committee - Budget Timetable - 12 July 2019 PDF 102 KB
- Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to Chairs of Assembly Committees – 15 July 2019 PDF 261 KB
- Business Committee Report- Budget Timetable 2020-21
- Business Committee Report - Revised Budget Timetable 2020-21- 25 September 2019 PDF 61 KB View as HTML (14) 24 KB
- Business Committee Report - Revised Budget Timetable 2020-21- 12 November 2019 PDF 61 KB View as HTML (15) 24 KB
- Correspondence to the Minister for Housing and Local Government, the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government and the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip - 10 September 2019
- Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to Chair - UK Spending Round and budget timetable - 13 Sept 2019 PDF 267 KB
- Letter to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - revised budget timetable - 20 Sept 2019 PDF 102 KB
- Joint letter from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government and the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to the Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - 30 September 2019 PDF 302 KB
- Debate on spending priorities
- Letter from Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to Chair of Business Committee - revised budget timetable - 7 Nov 2019 PDF 262 KB
- Written evidence from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales PDF 2 MB
- WLGA evidence paper to the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 PDF 386 KB
- Written evidence: Wales Environment Link – 14 January 2020 PDF 857 KB
- Additional information from the Minister for Education - 24 January 2020 PDF 307 KB
- Letter to Finance Committee from Cymorth Cymru, Community Housing Cymru and Welsh Women's Aid regarding the Welsh Government's Draft Budget 2020-21: Housing Support Grant - 22 January 2020 PDF 434 KB
- Welsh Government Response to the Recommendations from the Equality, Local Government And Communities Committee Report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 - 28 February 2020 PDF 233 KB
- Response from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd to the Finance Committee’s recommendations - 28 February 2020 PDF 246 KB
- Welsh Government response to the Recommendations from the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee Report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 - 02 March 2020 PDF 425 KB
- Welsh Government Response to the Recommendations from the Economy, Infrastructure and Skills Committee Committee Report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 – 02 March 2020 PDF 538 KB
- Welsh Government response to the Recommendations from the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 - 02 March 2020 PDF 527 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Housing and Local Government to the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee and Children, Young People and Education Committee on prioritisation of schools funding in the 2020-21 local government settlement - 02 March 2020 PDF 353 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs; Minister for Economy and Transport, and Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport – 31 January 2020 PDF 201 KB
- Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
- Letter to Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services regarding draft budget - 15 October 2019 PDF 113 KB
- Letter to Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism regarding draft budget - 18 October 2019 PDF 108 KB
- Written evidence from the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services regarding draft budget - 15 January 2020 PDF 665 KB
- Written evidence from the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism regarding draft budget - 15 January 2020 PDF 581 KB
- Additional information from the Minister for Health and Social Services - 23 January 2020 PDF 392 KB
- Welsh Government response to the Recommendations from the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Report: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 - 10 March 2020 PDF 624 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 13 August 2019 PDF 104 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Economy and Transport - 13 August 2019 PDF 102 KB
- Correspondence from the Minister for Economy and Transport to the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - 9 September 2019 PDF 267 KB
- Correspondence from the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs to the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - 23 September 2019 PDF 681 KB
- Briefing note from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales to the Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee - 27 November 2019 PDF 314 KB
Consultations
- Welsh Government Draft Budget Proposals 2020-21 (completed)