15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
They have to be outcomes and outputs that trade off.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, and it's not that Swansea bay is indicating a wider shift to adopt this more often. If an authority or an investment area or an authority had a great idea for expansion, you're not looking to roll this out. This is—
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
One last point, Chair, if I could, and that was just—. We've heard that some councils are talking about retaining NDR rates, or a bigger portion of NDR rates, and especially those around city and growth deal areas. I wonder what your perspective might be on…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
So, it's that mix of all councils have got a fair crack at the whip of addressing their relative need. That's quite important.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, thanks for that. If we go back to that stark reality between those who have got and those who haven't got, obviously revenue to service prudential borrowing is going to be difficult. And I don't know what your assessment is on the current levels. Is that…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, I think we've covered an awful lot in an earlier session, but perhaps just to explore on capital, if we may, and our ability for borrowing and the like. I just wonder, Cabinet Secretary, if you could expand on the allocation of the £200 million in…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
I remember one year, Reg, when an extra element was put in for sparsity for a couple of years, and it made a dramatic effect and made it a lot fairer, just with that one little tweak around sparsity. So, there are many things that can happen.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
As a past leader of a group and the council, I always struggled with that willingness among certain groups. We couldn't quite get consensus, hence we didn't accelerate this too far.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
It's good the work is going on.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Are we confident that, if that froze up, it may be needed? Because it looks like there is some tweaking that can be done. Are we confident that the forum would commission that work to go ahead? Because, obviously, it's done in partnership with the Government…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, and thanks for raising it, Carolyn, because one of the—. I'll just touch on that point first before we move on. Whilst we recognise the actual amount of money that is flowing through to authorities may not change through this adjustment, there clearly…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, I was going to—.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Thanks. Just on that theme, we heard very clearly from Wrexham, I think, last week, how about 80 per cent of their domiciliary care is purchased from outside, and, ultimately, whilst their costs might be covered, they will end up picking up the cost of the…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
And from a biodiversity perspective, one way we could have helped was to have had a food Bill and local food plans to cut down the carbon footprint. [Laughter.] But that's a different story.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes. I think it might be interesting.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
No, no, that's okay. I know that when building twenty-first century schools, BREEAM was a significant driver to reach targets, and I'm conscious that targets have moved on and expectations are greater and perhaps a new set of criteria comes alongside funding…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
I see.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Llywodraeth Leol)
Yes, just quickly, do the BREEAM standards still apply, or have you updated those for something that fits in to the aspirations for further carbon reduction and meeting the targets? I'm probably out of the loop a little bit on that now.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Thank you.
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Just on that, and we welcome more money to adaptations, it's something that's so important, and an area of that, which I don't know has helped to drive some of your thinking about that, is the need for rapid response for motor neurone disease sufferers…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Thank you for that. And the final one from me: looking more closely at building safety remediation and the costs relating to that, the funding for remediation works is unchanged from the baseline budget, despite the number of properties in the building safety…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
Thank you. Just a couple of questions left from me, on a really important area, around building safety. I was wondering when the Welsh Government is hoping to identify the cost implications of supporting implementation of the new building safety legislation…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
It's surprising the upper limit is relatively high, recognising that most first-time buyers would struggle to sustain a £300,000 house once they're in it—council tax and everything. I'm surprised we're not setting at a—. Or there has to be proof that they've…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
That's great—a good initiative. Just looking at Help to Buy—Wales, I just wondered what your views are, Cabinet Secretary, around the direction of travel for Help to Buy—Wales. A quarter of purchases in the scheme aren't first-time buyers, as we understand…
15 Ionawr 2025 , Local Government and Housing Committee
Craffu ar Gyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26: Sesiwn dystiolaeth gydag Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Dai a Llywodraeth Leol (Tai)
So the empty homes grant, then, we're saying is actually working. It is encouraging people into the system.
