Written questions

Members of the Senedd can ask Welsh Government ministers, the Counsel General and the Senedd Commission questions in writing. The answers are published on the Senedd's website.

Members have tabled 15,617 written questions in the Sixth Senedd so far. 15,405 have been answered and 212 are awaiting an answer. Of the 15,617 questions whose due date has passed, 6,596 (42%) were answered by that date. Half of the answers were published within 8 days of the question being tabled.

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What assessment has the Welsh Government made of Cardiff University’s proposed restructuring plans, particularly regarding the education of planning, aligning with national priorities such as Future Wales: The National Plan 2040, Planning Policy Wales, and other relevant planning and higher education strategies?
Julie MorganLabourTo Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Answered 4 Apr 2025
10 days after tabling
Tabled 25 Mar 2025
Does the Welsh Government have contingency plans to address any shortfall in the number of planners being qualified, including consideration of expanding provision beyond Cardiff University?
Julie MorganLabourTo Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning
Answered 4 Apr 2025
10 days after tabling
Tabled 25 Mar 2025
What does the Welsh Government consider to be the projected shortfall or surplus of planners in Wales based on current graduate output from Cardiff University, the only chartered planning school in Wales?

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