The Welsh Government’s acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen
The Welsh Government’s acquisition and action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen
The Auditor General for Wales’ report on The Welsh Government’s acquisition and
action to dispose of the former River Lodge Hotel, Llangollen was published
in June 2012. The report concluded that
the Welsh Government's decisions- in 2007 to buy the former River Lodge Hotel
for £1.6 million and in 2009 to enter into a lease agreement with an
organisation known as Powys Fadog- were flawed and did not represent good value
for money. In light of this, and the increasing likelihood that Powys Fadog
would be unable to fulfil the conditions of the lease agreement, the report
considered that the Welsh Government’s decision in 2010 to carry out an
appraisal of options for the disposal of the property was both prudent and
necessary. The report also found that the Welsh Government had been slow to
react to external and internal concerns about the probity and value for money
of its earlier decisions.
The Auditor General for Wales’ report did not include any specific recommendations
to the Welsh Government. The
Public Accounts Committee was very concerned by its findings and agreed to
conduct an inquiry into the issues raised by the report, with particular regard
to determining what lessons the Welsh Government could learn from the episode.
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Status: Complete
First published: 03/06/2013
Documents
- Public Accounts Committee Report - June 2013
- Welsh Government Response - August 2013
- Written Evidence from Amanda Brewer PDF 63 MB
- Written Evidence from Karen Sinclair PDF 67 MB
- Written Evidence from POl Wong PDF 4 MB
- Written Evidence from Welsh Government PDF 4 MB
- Written Evidence from Andrew Davies PDF 10 KB
- Written Evidence from Mark Isherwood AM PDF 5 KB
- Declaration of interest, Mike Hedges AM PDF 167 KB
- Written Evidence from Wales Audit Office PDF 106 KB