1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
Right, great. I'll go back to script. In June, the Minister for Social Justice announced the supersponsor route would be paused. Recently, it's been reported that welcome centres are set to close. Can you detail what specific activity the funding in this…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
I'm trying to move on.
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
Sorry, I digressed a bit there, Chair. I'm conscious of the time.
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
So, that would be allocated on a formula basis, though, wouldn't it?
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
One of my anxieties was—. Well, to come back a step, through COVID, it was great how there was no formula-based allocation—their costs were met to meet this massive pressure we all had. In the same way, I wondered if that had been considered to meet the costs…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
Absolutely, and I join with you in congratulating local authorities on what they've done. But have you heard through your conversations with local authorities that there may be some authorities that have struggled to provide the level of engagement or…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
A lot of what you're going to be doing, or you're currently doing, is done in partnership with local authorities, and the expectation is on them. Are they being funded in total from Welsh Government, or is there an expectation for local government to…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
Well, that takes me on to the second part of that question. I'm just wondering what scope the Welsh Government have to continue affording more support without a draw-down or expectation of moneys from UK Government. Is there money left in that reserve Sharon…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
Thank you. I just wanted to explore a little further allocations in response to the war in Ukraine. I'll start by—. We know the supplementary budget allocated £92 million toward those various sets of support; £74 million of that was provided via the UK…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
And I'm sure you'd welcome the opportunity to have similar borrowing powers to those that local authorities have, because I can't quite get my head around the fact that a devolved Government can't borrow in the same way I used to be able to borrow as a local…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
I absolutely agree; it's just silly. But I think what's also silly is that you can have a lump in there but you can only draw down your £125 million or £150 million, or whatever it is. That just seems ridiculous—I just can't work it out. So, I think that…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
Thank you.
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
And then how do you—? If you make that commitment and then, suddenly, there's a pay deal set for 5 April or 10 April, how do you then pull the money out again to do that? Do you just draw it back out as a reserve, or—? How do you meet that commitment? If…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
And how do you—? Sorry.
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
Okay. I think I've got that.
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
I'm just trying to get my head around that; I think I've got it. So, there is a way that you can carry whatever money you've put aside for pay, which might not be committed in this financial year—. You have a way of holding that over. Because I was conscious…
1 Mawrth 2023 , Finance Committee
Craffu ar Ail Gyllideb Atodol Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2022-23
I think the lesson learnt is that we don't want to ever send any money back and there should be enough forward planning to make sure that all that money is utilised in the best way. If we can exceed the level of help we were planning to give, then value for…
28 Chwefror 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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15 Chwefror 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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15 Chwefror 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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