Craffu ar Gyfrifon: Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru 2022-23
Craffu ar Gyfrifon: Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru 2022-23
The office of the
Future Generations Commissioner for Wales was established under Part 3 of the
Well-being of Future Generations Act 2015
with responsibility for promoting the sustainable development principle
among the public bodies, subject to the requirements of the Act.
In the Fifth
Senedd, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) had a keen interest in the work of
the Commissioner and in October 2017 scrutinised the first accounts prepared by
the first Commissioner, which covered the 14 month period from the date that
the office was established (1 February 2016 to 31 March 2017). The PAC made
five recommendations in its report, ‘Scrutiny of Accounts 2016-17’ relating
specifically to the Commissioner (Recommendations 5 to 9). In March 2018, the
first Commissioner responded to the PAC report.
In the Sixth
Senedd, the Equality and Social Justice Committee (ESJ) undertook annual
scrutiny of the first Commissioner and published its report in April 2022. On 7
April 2022, the Chair wrote to the Public Accounts and Public Administration
Committee (PAPAC) to make them aware of recommendation 1 that PAPAC should carry out a review of the
resourcing arrangements of Wales’ Commissioners.
The PAPAC
responded to the ESJ Committee to advise that recommendation 1 had been noted,
and in addition, the Committee’s agreement to return to further scrutiny of the
work of Welsh Commissioners as part of their annual accounts scrutiny work.
Furter to the
report’s recommendation, the PAPAC conducted an inquiry into the funding of
Commissioners in Wales and published its report, ‘Review
of the Welsh Commissioners’, in July 2023. This made 16
recommendations to the Welsh Government. In August, the Welsh Government responded
to the Report. The Commissioner also wrote
to the Committee after its publication.
The Committee had
previously identified issues relating to procurement practices within the
Commissioner’s Office and on 26 January 2023, noted in private, that the Chair
had received concerns from a member of the public regarding the procurement of
work commissioned by the first Commissioner.
The Committee
agreed to consider these issues with the new Commissioner, and as part of its
scrutiny of the Commissioner’s Annual Report. The Committee took into account
the work of the predecessor committee’s work and ESJ Committee’s
recommendations, alongside matters raised relating to the Annual Report.
The Committee
took evidence from the Future Generations Commissioner (Commissioner) and the
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Future Generations Commissioner on 25
October 2023.
Further to the
evidence session, the Committee wrote to the Commissioner to follow-up on a
number of matters not reached during the meeting. The Committee received a
response from the Commissioner on 5 December 2023.
Cyhoeddodd y
Pwyllgor ei adroddiad ar Graffu ar Gyfrifon:
Comisiynydd Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol Cymru 2022-23 ar 5 Mawrth 2024.
Math o fusnes: Ymchwiliad Pwyllgor
Rheswm dros ei ystyried: Busnes y Senedd;
Cyhoeddwyd gyntaf: 24/01/2024
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