Scrutiny of Accounts - Fifth Senedd
Scrutiny of Accounts - Fifth Senedd
From 2014, the Public Accounts Committee agreed to consider the accounts of a selection of taxpayer-funded organisations in Wales as part of a package of new ways of working.
In autumn 2020, the Committee considered the accounts for 2019-20 of the following bodies:
Senedd Commission
Report published November 2020
Response
published January 2020
Welsh Government
Report published March 2021
The
Welsh Government’s response
(October 2021) to the Committee’s Report will be considered by the successor
Committee in the Sixth Senedd.
Evidence Session |
Date, Agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
1. Senedd Commission Manon Antoniazzi Nia Morgan Suzy Davies MS |
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2. Welsh Government Shan
Morgan Gawain
Evans |
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3. Welsh Government Shan
Morgan Gawain
Evans Peter
Kennedy Natalie
Pearson |
In autumn 2019, the Committee considered the accounts for 2018-19 of the following bodies:
Assembly Commission
Report published December 2019
Response published January 2020
Welsh Government
Report published May 2020
Response published July 2020
Evidence Session |
Date, Agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
1. Assembly Commission |
Read transcript of Evidence Session |
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2. Welsh Government Shan Morgan Gawain Evans Peter Kennedy David Richards |
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3. Welsh Government Shan Morgan Andrew Slade Peter Ryland Gawain Evans David Richards |
Read transcript of Evidence Session |
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4. Welsh Government Shan Morgan Peter Kennedy David Richards Natalie Pearson |
Read transcript of Evidence Session |
In autumn 2018, the Committee considered the accounts for 2017-18 of the following bodies, and published its report in March 2019:
- Assembly Commission – Response published May 2019
- National Museum Wales – Response published May 2019
- Public Services Ombudsman for Wales – Response published April 2019
- Welsh Government – Response published April 2019
Evidence Session |
Date, Agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
1. Assembly Commission |
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2. Public Services Ombudsman for Wales |
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3. Welsh Government |
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4. National Museums Wales |
In Autumn 2017, the Committee considered the accounts for 2016-17 of the following bodies, and published its report in February 2018:
- Arts Council for Wales – Response published March 2018
- Assembly Commission – Response published March 2018
- Future Generations Commissioner for Wales – Response published March 2018
- National Library of Wales – Response published March 2018
- Sport Wales – Response published March 2018
- Welsh Government – Response published March 2018
Evidence Session |
Date, Agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
1. Future Generations Commissioner for
Wales |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 1 (PDF 640KB) |
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2. Welsh Government |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 2 (PDF 640KB) |
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3. Assembly Commission |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 3 (PDF 540KB) |
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4. Sport Wales |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 4 (PDF 540KB) |
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5. Arts Council for Wales |
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6. National Library for Wales |
In 2016, the Committee considered the accounts for 2015-16 of the following bodies and published its report in December 2016:
- Assembly Commission (The
Report did not include any specific recommendations for the Assembly
Commission hence there is no response)
- Careers Wales – Response published February 2017
- Estyn - Response published January 2017
- Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) - Response published February 2017
- Welsh Government - Response published February 2017
Evidence Session |
Date, Agenda and Minutes |
Transcript |
Video |
1. The Assembly Commission |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 1 (PDF 196KB) |
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2. Careers Wales |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 2 (PDF 390KB) |
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3. HEFCW |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 3 (PDF 390KB) |
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4. Estyn |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 4 (PDF 390KB) |
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5. Welsh Government |
Read transcript of Evidence Session 5 (PDF 254KB) |
Business type: Committee Inquiry
Status: Complete
First published: 16/08/2016
Documents
- Scrutiny of Accounts 2019-20
- Response from the Welsh Government - October 2021 PDF 528 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 8 April 2021 PDF 2 MB
- Letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd - 26 March 2021 PDF 1 MB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 22 March 2021 PDF 156 KB
- Committee Report - Scrutiny of Accounts 2019-20: Welsh Government - 11 March 2021 PDF 2 MB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 5 March 2021 PDF 598 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 7 January 2021 PDF 738 KB
- Response from the Senedd Commission - 20 January 2021 PDF 248 KB
- Committee Report - Scrutiny of Accounts 2019-20: Senedd Commission - 26 November 2020 PDF 1 MB
- Joint letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government and the Auditor General for Wales - 6 November 2020 PDF 509 KB
- Letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd - 4 November 2020 PDF 302 KB
- Letter from the Chief Executive and Clerk of the Senedd - 20 October 2020 PDF 249 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Senedd Commission - 22 September 2020 PDF 161 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 28 April 2020 PDF 476 KB
- Response from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee to the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government and the Auditor General for Wales - 20 April 2020 PDF 251 KB
- Joint letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government and the Auditor General for Wales to the Chairs of the Public Accounts and Finance Committees – 14 April 2020 PDF 484 KB
- Scrutiny of Accounts 2018-19
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 29 October 2020 PDF 1 MB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 21 September 2020 PDF 167 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 28 July 2020 PDF 478 KB
- Response from the Welsh Government - July 2020 PDF 697 KB
- Committee Report - Welsh Government Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19 (May 2020) PDF 2 MB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 21 April 2020 PDF 488 KB
- Letter from Suzy Davies AM, Assembly Commissioner - 18 March 2020 PDF 197 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to Suzy Davies AM, Assembly Commissioner - 14 February 2020 PDF 273 KB
- Letter from Suzy Davies AM, Assembly Commissioner - 28 January 2020 PDF 190 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 14 January 2020 PDF 99 KB
- Letter from the Welsh Government - 20 December 2019 PDF 858 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 12 December 2019 PDF 480 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 9 December 2019 PDF 399 KB
- Committee Report - Assembly Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19 (December 2019) PDF 145 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 7 November 2019 PDF 611 KB
- Letter from the Auditor General for Wales on New Zealand Budgetary Practices - 24 October 2019 PDF 512 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 24 October 2019 (Loans and Investments) PDF 104 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 24 October 2019 (Non-Executive Directors) PDF 126 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 24 October 2019 (Gypsy & Traveller Site Capital Grant) PDF 61 KB
- Letter from Suzy Davies AM, Assembly Commissioner - 21 October 2019 PDF 250 KB
- Welsh Government Consolidated Accounts 2018-19 PDF 10 MB
- Scrutiny of Accounts 2017-18
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 27 September 2019 PDF 755 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 16 September 2019 PDF 387 KB
- Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 8 August 2019 PDF 108 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 25 July 2019 PDF 128 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 17 July 2019 PDF 676 KB
- Letter from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 4 July 2019 PDF 92 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - 4 June 2019 PDF 180 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Assembly Commission - 20 May 2019 PDF 128 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Welsh Government - 20 May 2019 PDF 128 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to National Museum Wales - 20 May 2019 PDF 127 KB
- Letter from the Assembly Commission - 3 May 2019 PDF 187 KB
- Response from the Assembly Commission - May 2019 PDF 280 KB
- Response from National Museum Wales - May 2019 PDF 925 KB
- Response from the Welsh Government - April 2019 PDF 457 KB
- Response from the Public Services Ombudsman for Wales - April 2019 PDF 107 KB
- Commitee Report - 19 March 2019 PDF 1 MB
- Letter from the Chair of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee to the Committee Chair - 20 March 2019 PDF 145 KB View as HTML (57) 10 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Chair of the Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee - 5 February 2019 PDF 139 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 14 January 2019 PDF 321 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 22 November 2018 PDF 399 KB
- Letter from Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk, National Assembly for Wales - 20 November 2018 PDF 149 KB
- Letter from Manon Antoniazzi, Chief Executive and Clerk, National Assembly for Wales - 14 November 2018 PDF 127 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Welsh Government - 25 October 2018 PDF 162 KB
- Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government - 22 August 2018 PDF 378 KB
- Scrutiny of Accounts 2016-17
- Letter from the Committee Chair to Sport Wales - 20 May 2019 PDF 164 KB
- Letter from Sport Wales - 8 April 2019 PDF 2 MB
- National Library for Wales - People Strategy (November 2018) PDF 712 KB
- National Library for Wales - Workforce Development Plan (November 2018) PDF 520 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the National Library of Wales - 1 May 2018 PDF 146 KB
- Letter from the Committee Chair to the Welsh Government - 1 May 2018 PDF 168 KB
- Response from the Welsh Government - March 2018 PDF 356 KB
- Response from Sport Wales - March 2018 PDF 199 KB
- Response from the National Library of Wales - March 2018 PDF 4 MB
- Response from the Future Generations Commisisoner for Wales - March 2018 PDF 673 KB
- Response from the Assembly Commission - March 2018 PDF 616 KB
- Response from Arts Council of Wales - March 2018 PDF 198 KB
- Committee Report (PDF 877 KB) - 7 February 2018 PDF 878 KB
- Statement from the Committee Chair - 7 February 2018 PDF 81 KB View as HTML (79) 26 KB
- Additional information from the National Library of Wales - 20 November 2017 PDF 783 KB
- Additional information from Arts Council for Wales - 17 November 2017 PDF 585 KB
- Additional information from Sport Wales - 14 November 2017 PDF 26 KB View as HTML (82) 5 KB
- Additional information from Sport Wales - 1 November 2017 PDF 182 KB View as HTML (83) 65 KB
- Additional information from the Welsh Government - 16 October 2017 PDF 1 MB
- Correspondence from the Welsh Government - 29 August 2017 PDF 3 MB
- Scrutiny of Accounts 2015-16
- Response from the Welsh Government & Careers Wales- 1 February 2017 PDF 579 KB
- HEFCW Response - February 2017 PDF 23 KB View as HTML (88) 3 KB
- Estyn Response - January 2017 PDF 23 KB View as HTML (89) 3 KB
- Committee Report - 16 December 2016
- Letter to the Chair from the Chair of the Finance Committee - 29 November 2016 PDF 175 KB
- Additional information from the Welsh Government - 18 October 2016 PDF 9 MB
- Additional Information from the Assembly Commission - 29 September 2016 PDF 12 MB