Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21

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

Date, Agenda and Minutes

Transcript

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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

 

18 December 2019

Read transcript of Evidence Session 1

Watch Evidence Session 1 on Senedd.TV

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

9 January 2020

Read transcript of Evidence Session 2

Watch Evidence Session 2 on Senedd.TV

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

9 January 2020

Read transcript of Evidence Session 3

Watch Evidence Session 3 on Senedd.TV

4. Edward Evans, Company Director and Secretary, Civil Engineering Contractors Association Wales

Evidence session cancelled

Evidence session cancelled

Evidence session cancelled

5. Robert Chote, Chairman, Office for Budget Responsibility

Andy King, Budget Responsibility Committee Member, Office for Budget Responsibility 

9 January 2020

Read transcript of Evidence Session 5

Watch Evidence Session 5 on Senedd.TV

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

15 January 2020

Read Transcript of Evidence Session 6

Watch Evidence Session 6 on Senedd.TV

7. Rebecca Evans AM, Minister for Finance and Trefnydd

Andrew Jeffreys, Director, Welsh Treasury, Welsh Government

Matthew Wellington, Head of Budget Delivery, Welsh Government

15 January 2020

Read Transcript of Evidence Session 7

 

Watch Evidence Session 7 on Senedd.TV

 

 

Committee reports on the draft budget

 

Finance Committee

Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-2021 (PDF, 3MB)

 

Welsh Government response (PDF, 246KB)

Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee: Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2020-21 (PDF, 458KB)

 

Welsh Government response (PDF, 233KB)

 

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)

 

Health, Social Care and Sport Committee Report: Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 (PDF, 280KB)

 

Welsh Government response (PDF 624KB)

 

 

Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee: Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2020-21 (PDF, 254KB)

 

Welsh Government response (PDF, 426KB )

 

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)

 

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

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