Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-22
The Welsh Government laid its draft budget for 2021-22 before the Senedd to allow scrutiny of its proposals by the Finance Committee. Other Senedd Committees also considered the draft budget before it was finalised.
The Finance Committee published its report Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget 2021-22 (PDF, 1,997KB) on 4 February 2021. The Minister for Finance and Trefnydd responded (PDF, 737KB) to the Committee’s report on 5 March 2021.
A debate on the draft budget was held in Plenary on 9 February 2021.
A debate on the final budget was held in Plenary on 9 March 2021.
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Session 1: Welsh Government Rebecca Evans MS,
Minister for Finance and Trefnydd Andrew Jeffreys,
Director, Welsh Treasury Margaret Davies,
Deputy Director, Strategic Budgeting Matt Wellington,
Head of Budget Delivery Anna Adams, Deputy
Director, Head of Tax Strategy Policy and Engagement |
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Session 2: Office
for Budget Responsibility Richard Hughes,
Chairman Andy King, Budget
Responsibility Committee member |
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Session 3: Jon Rae, Director
of Resources, Welsh Local Government Association Dilwyn Williams,
Chief Executive, Gwynedd Council Darren Hughes,
Director, Welsh NHS Confederation |
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Session 4: Dr Ed Poole,
Senior Lecturer, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis) Guto Ifan, Research
Associate, Wales Governance Centre (Wales Fiscal Analysis) David Phillips,
Associate Director, Institute of Fiscal Studies |
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Session 5: Dr Steffan Evans,
Policy and Research Officer, Bevan Foundation Gemma Schwendel,
Senior Analyst, Joseph Rowntree Foundation |
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Session 6: Andrew
Campbell, Chairman, Wales Tourism Alliance Ian Price,
Director, CBI Wales Dr Llyr ap Gareth,
Senior Policy Advisor, FSB Wales |
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Session 7: Welsh
Government Rebecca Evans MS,
Minister for Finance and Trefnydd |
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Committee Reports
on the Draft Budget |
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Finance Committee:
Scrutiny of
the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-22 Welsh
Government response (PDF, 737KB) |
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Equality, Local
Government and Communities Committee: Welsh Government
Draft Budget 2021-22 (PDF 303KB) Welsh Government response
(PDF 725 KB) |
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Children, Young
People and Education Committee: Scrutiny of the
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-22 (PDF 461KB) Welsh Government response
(PDF 657KB) |
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Health, Social
Care and Sport Committee: Welsh Government
Draft Budget 2021-22 (PDF 568KB) Welsh Government response
(PDF 649KB) |
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Climate Change,
Environment and Rural Affairs Committee: Scrutiny of the
Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-22 (PDF 517KB) Welsh Government response
(463 KB) |
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Economy,
Infrastructure and Skills Committee: Scrutiny of the Welsh
Government Draft Budget 2021-22 Welsh Government response
(PDF 507KB) |
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Culture, Welsh
Language and Communications Committee: Correspondence
with the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism Correspondence
with the Minister for Education Correspondence
with the Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and the Welsh Language |
Business type:
Status: Complete
First published: 09/06/2020
Documents
- Finance Committee Report (PDF, 2MB)
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Local Government regarding an update on Covid allocations – 14 October 2021
PDF 286 KB - Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding funding for higher education institutions – 1 April 2021 PDF 263 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding the Finance Ministers’ Quadrilateral – 24 March 2021 PDF 256 KB
- Letter from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury - 23 March 2021 PDF 90 KB
- Letter to the Scottish Parliament Finance and Constitution Committee regarding the timing of the UK Government’s Budget and the impact on devolved administrations’ Budgets – 10 March 2021 PDF 179 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding consequentials arising from the UK Budget – 9 March 2021 PDF 264 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - 5 March 2021 PDF 737 KB
- Letter from the Scottish Parliament Finance and Constitution Committee to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury – 4 March 2021 PDF 99 KB
- Letter from Roy Kearsley regarding future Senedd Debate - 19 February 2021 PDF 138 KB
- Letter to Hafal – 18 February 2021 PDF 123 KB
- Letter from Hafal – 17 February 2021 PDF 181 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding modelling work for free school meals - 9 February 2021 PDF 259 KB
- Letter to the Chair of the Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister regarding Scrutiny of the Welsh Government’s Draft Budget and COVID recovery action plan – 4 February 2021 PDF 158 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding additional information on Land Transaction (LTT) non-residential rates and thresholds – 2 February 2021 PDF 349 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
- Written evidence from the Future Generations Commissioner for Wales – January 2021 PDF 1005 KB
- Letter to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury regarding Comprehensive Spending Review - 8 January 2021 PDF 187 KB
- Letter from the First Minister regarding ministerial responsibilities – 23 December 2020 PDF 240 KB
- Letter from the Secretary of State for Wales: UK Government Spending Review - 5 December 2020
- Letter from the Farmers’ Union of Wales regarding the UK Government’s Spending Review – 4 December 2020 PDF 759 KB
- Letter to the Secretary of State for Wales regarding the UK Government’s Spending Review – 27 November 2020 PDF 176 KB
- Letter to First Minister regarding ministerial responsibilities – 18 November 2020 PDF 165 KB
- Letter to Counsel General regarding invitation to attend Finance Committee - 29 October 2020 PDF 124 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding updates on the budget timetable 2021-22, 29 October 2020 PDF 260 KB
- Letter to Chair of the Business Committee re Proposed Meeting of the Finance Committee, 14 October 2020 PDF 496 KB View as HTML (26) 16 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding future budgets of Directly Funded Bodies - 11 August 2020 PDF 265 KB
- Letter from the Finance Committee: Response to letter from the Business Committee - Budget timetable 2021-22, 15 July 2020 PDF 144 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Business Committee - Budget timetable 2021-22, 8 July 2020 PDF 450 KB
- Letter to Committee Chairs: Engagement and Plenary Debate on the Welsh Government’s Spending Priorities 2021-22, 1 June 2020 PDF 527 KB View as HTML (30) 16 KB
- Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-22 Digital Engagement Summary Note, June 2020 PDF 148 KB
- Letter from the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd regarding the timetable for the 2021-22 draft Budget, 7 July 2020 PDF 266 KB
- Joint letter to the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Rt Hon Steve Barclay MP Regarding the timing of the UK Budget from Llyr Gruffydd MS Chair, Finance Committee, Welsh Parliament, Bruce Crawford MSP Convener, Finance and Constitution Committee, Scottish Parliament and Dr Steve Aiken Chairperson, NI Assembly Committee for Finance, 29 June 2020 PDF 79 KB
- Letter to the Business Committee and Minister for Finance and Trefnydd - Proposed debate: The Welsh Government’s Spending Priorities for the Draft Budget 2021-22 - 28 May 2020 PDF 729 KB View as HTML (34) 12 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Business Committee - Proposed debate: The Welsh Government’s Spending Priorities for the Draft Budget 2021-22 - 4 June 2020 PDF 193 KB
- Timetable
- Business Committee Report - Budget Timetable 2021-22 - 18 September 2020 PDF 79 KB
- Business Committee Report - Budget Timetable 2021-22 - (Revised on 3 November 2020)
- Scrutiny by the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee
- Letter to Minister for Mental Health, Wellbeing and Welsh Language regarding draft budget - 18 November 2020 PDF 228 KB
- Letter to the Minister and Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services regarding draft budget - 18 November 2020 PDF 243 KB
- Letter to Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism regarding draft budget - 18 November 2020 PDF 244 KB
- Welsh Government response - 04 March 2021 PDF 649 KB
- Written evidence from Cancer Research UK PDF 146 KB
- Scrutiny by the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee
- Letter from the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip to the Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee following the evidence session on 21 January 2021 - 26 January 2021 PDF 257 KB
- Letter from the Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government to the Chair of the Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee following the evidence session on 21 January 2021 - 27 January 2021 PDF 162 KB
- Equality, Local Government and Communities Committee - Welsh Government response to Committee's draft budget report - 8 March 2021 PDF 725 KB
- Letter from the Chair of the Equalities, Local Government and Communities Committee to the Minister and Deputy Minister for Housing and Local Government, the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd, and the Deputy Minister and Chief Whip - 10 November 2020 PDF 207 KB
- Scrutiny by the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee
- Correspondence with the Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism regarding the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-2022 - 29 January 2021 PDF 886 KB
- Correspondence with the Minister for Education regarding the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-2022 - 29 January 2021 PDF 510 KB
- Correspondence with the Minister for Mental Health, Well-being and the Welsh Language regarding the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-2022 - 29 January 2021 PDF 579 KB
- Children, Young People and Education Committee – Welsh Government response to Committee’s draft budget report - 8 March 2021 PDF 664 KB
- Ymateb Llywodraeth Cymru - Pwyllgor ESS PDF 507 KB
- Climate Change. Environment and Rural Affair Committee - Welsh Government response to the Committee's draft budget report 2021-2022 - 5 March 2021 PDF 464 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs - 12 October 2020 PDF 207 KB
- Correspondence from the Chair, Climate Change, Environment and Rural Affairs Committee to the Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs – 4 February 2021 PDF 176 KB
Consultations
- Welsh Government Draft Budget 2021-22 (completed)