15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
I'll go to Sam Rowlands for some questions. Diolch, Sam.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Diolch yn fawr.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Ocê, diolch. Nia, oeddet ti eisiau dod i mewn ar hwnna, neu mae'n bosib na wnes i ddod atat ti efo'r llawr chwaith, yn gynharach. So, dwi ddim yn gwybod a oes gen ti jest rywbeth byr yn y fan honno, ac fe wnaf i symud at Sam wedyn.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Okay, thank you. And finally from me, before I come to Sam, your capital funding will increase from £180 million to £200 million, alongside which there will be an additional £10 million of funding for decarbonisation—a total of £30 million. What does this…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Okay, thank you very much. Just looking at the tables that were published by the Cabinet Secretary when making the announcement, it looks as if the Welsh Government has updated those tables that sit behind the provision of local government since their…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Anthony, you indicated.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Of course, Lis, yes.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Okay. That's fine. That's fine. Mike, did you want to come in on this?
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
So, if you got everybody to 4.3 per cent.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Of course. And any idea what it would be—? Because the further up that floor goes, the more councils get. Do you know roughly what a 5 per cent floor would cost?
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Have you done any work around how much a floor at, say, 4 per cent would cost, how much a floor at 5 per cent would cost, 6 per cent would cost?
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
This is directed, maybe, at Anthony now. I was reading the letter that Jayne Bryant sent to local authorities at the time of announcing the revenue support grant, and then a letter going back from yourselves as the WLGA talking about—. In that, she was…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Okay. Thank you very much for that.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Nia, oes gen ti rywbeth i ddweud ynglŷn â beth mae hyn yn mynd i fod yn effaith ar wasanaethau yn dy gyngor di, ac o siarad efo arweinwyr eraill hefyd?
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Lis, there's obviously a range within that settlement across Wales, and the formula and things like that. So, from your experience in your council, and talking to other leaders, what are those challenges, then? You talked about social services, but those…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Anthony, did you want to come in, from a finance aspect, with your—?
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Fantastic. Great to see everybody here. We've got a lot to get through in an hour, so brevity would be appreciated. To start off with, I'd like to understand the funding available to local authorities in Wales in 2025-26 and the provision of the local…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
And welcome, Andrew, you've managed to link up, so that's good. Could you introduce yourself please, Andrew?
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Diolch yn fawr i ti, Nia.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Os wnawn ni fynd at Nia.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Then if we go online—.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Ffantastig.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
Ffantastig. Croeso cynnes. Anthony.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
We'll move on to the third item, our first substantive item of the morning, which is the evidence session No. 5. We have three of our witnesses with us and we're expecting one more online when he's able to get to us. So, we'll start, and, hopefully, Andrew…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Finance Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn tystiolaeth 5
So, fe wnawn ni symud ymlaen.
