Meetings

Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20

This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.

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Meeting: 04/05/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20: Letter from the Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government (23 April 2020)

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Meeting: 24/02/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20: Letter from the Minister for Health and Social Services (4 February 2020)

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Meeting: 03/02/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20: Evidence Session with the Welsh Government

Research Briefing

PAC(5)-05-20 Paper 1 – Correspondence from the Permanent Secretary (20 December 2019)

PAC(5)-05-20 Paper 2 – Correspondence from the Auditor General for Wales (6 January 2020)

 

Shan Morgan – Permanent Secretary, Welsh Government

Dr Andrew Goodall - Director General of Health and NHS Chief Executive

David Richards - Director of Governance and Ethics

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Minutes:

3.1 Dr Andrew Goodall declared an interest that he is an NHS member of staff, on secondment with the Welsh Government, and is in receipt of an NHS pension.

3.2 Members scrutinised the Welsh Government in relation to the Ministerial Direction issued on 18 December 2019 on NHS pension arrangements for 2019-20.


Meeting: 03/02/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)

Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20: Consideration of evidence received

Minutes:

5.1 Members considered the evidence received and agreed that the Chair should write to the Permanent Secretary at the Welsh Government with the Committee’s views on the procedure followed and any areas for improvement regarding the Ministerial Direction process.


Meeting: 15/01/2020 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 Letter from the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee on the Ministerial Direction for NHS pension arrangements 2019/20 - 8 January 2020

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Meeting: 09/01/2020 - Health, Social Care and Sport Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 8)

8 Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20

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Minutes:

8.1 The Committee discussed the Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20 and agreed its approach.


Meeting: 09/01/2020 - Finance Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 11)

11 Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20

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Minutes:

11.1   The Committee considered the letter from the Permanent Secretary in relation to the Ministerial Direction regarding proposed changes to NHS Pension arrangements for 2019/20.


Meeting: 06/01/2020 - Public Accounts Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 7)

7 Ministerial Direction - NHS pension arrangements for 2019/20

PAC(5)-01-20 Paper 4 – Welsh Government correspondence

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Minutes:

7.1 The Auditor General briefed the Committee on the recent Ministerial Direction.

7.2 Members agreed to hold a scrutiny session with the Permanent Secretary to discuss the procedure.

7.3 The Chair agreed to write to HMRC seeking their views on the recent Ministerial Direction.

7.4 The Chair also agreed to write to the Health, Social Care and Sport and Finance Committees advising them of the Committee’s decision and ask that they scrutinise relevant Ministers on the budgetary implications as part of the forthcoming budget scrutiny sessions.