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Appointment of a Non-Executive Director to Public Health Wales NHS Trust

8 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has appointed Huw David for 4 years from 06 May 2025 to 05 May 2029.

Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments Annual Report

8 May 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills, and Social Partnership has agreed the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales’ Annual Report for 2023 to 2024.

Funding for Employer Skills Survey 2024 Wales analysis and reporting and wider labour market intelligence spend

8 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed to provide £55,000 funding for Employer Skills Survey 2024 Wales analysis and reporting and £5,000 for activities to enable the production and dissemination of labour market intelligence.

Disposal of Land/Property

7 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport, and North Wales has agreed the disposal of a property in Monmouthshire.

Help to Buy Wales Fees & Contract

7 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government agreed to the fund management fees to enable the delivery of the Help to Buy-Wales scheme in 2025 to 2026, and for Ministers to enter into an 18 month contract extension with Help to Buy-Wales Ltd.

Request to Delay the Review of Open Access Mapping

7 May 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved an extension for completion of the next decadal review of the open access maps from 2029 to 2034 and subsequently.

Review of the Healthy Child Wales Programme

7 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has approved funding to procure a review of the Healthy Child Wales Programme.

Bus services

7 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed to provide funding allocations totalling £172,372,876 to support the provision of bus services in 2025 to 2026.

Appointment of Members to Innovating Democracy Advisory Group

6 May 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has appointed Leanne Wood, Julie Sangani, Mohammed Ahmed, Sally Holland, Diana Stirbu, Sarah Allan, Michael Corcoran, Jessica Blair, Daisy Thomson, Yvonne Murphy and Tomos Davies from 1st April 2025 until the review of the group in the summer of 2026.

�ʶ����� Industrial Development Advisory Board meeting of 1st April 2025

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed Economy Futures Funding for a project in Bridgend.

Local Government year-end funding

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed additional funding to support local authority pressures for 2024 to 2025; funding to Merthyr Tydfil to meet increased costs of planned recovery from 2020 floods and to support remedying the Nant Morlais sink hole; and funding to the �ʶ����� Local Government Association to fund a workforce report.

Creative Wales Non- Executive Board

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed to recruit a new Chair and new member to the Creative Wales Non- Executive Board.

Academi Wales: Business Delivery Plan 2025 to 2026

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed the allocation of Academi Wales budget to deliver against Academi Wales published Strategy and National School for Government commitments.

Powys Teaching Health Board and Swansea Bay University Health Board

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed to make up to £1million available to support the level 4 interventions for finance, strategy and planning at Powys Teaching Health Board and Swansea Bay University Health Board.

South Wales Academic Fellows Scheme

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services has agreed to increase the funding for the South Wales Academic Fellows Scheme.

Public Sector Broadband Aggregation contract update

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy Energy and Planning has agreed to extend the Public Sector Broadband Aggregation contract to October 2028.

Funding to support Real Living Wage promotion and accreditation

6 May 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills, and Social Partnership and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning have agreed expenditure to promote the Real Living Wage and the benefits of accreditation.

Appointment of an Independent Member to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

6 May 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has appointed Carolyn Donoghue for 4 years from 04 August 2025 to 03 August 2029.

Decision to refuse the re-registration of the pesticide ‘Mavrik’ and its identical products in Wales

6 May 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the Health and Safety Executive exercising the decision-making function on behalf of �ʶ����� Ministers to refuse re-registration of the pesticide ‘Mavrik’ and its identical products in Wales.  

School Business Professionals Pilot Project

30 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed the commencement of the School Business Professionals Pilot Project for 2025.

Transport Grants Modernisation

30 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed principles for a single funding stream to support delivery of Regional Transport Plans.

Fibrespeed Project

28 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to extend the Fibrespeed Project Agreement and the Right to Use.  

Cohesive Communities

28 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip, has agreed the allocations for the Cohesive Communities budget of £9.869 million for 2025 to 2026.

TrawsCymru

28 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has received and responded to a review of the TrawsCymru strategic bus network undertaken by Transport for Wales. A summary of the Cabinet Secretary’s response to the Review will be published on the �ʶ�����web site by the end of July 2025

Soil

28 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed the Agricultural Soil Policy Statement.

Tech Valleys

28 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed funding to enable the delivery of the Tech Valleys Business Productivity Enhancement Project.

Reusable packaging

25 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved £1,832,425 during 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 financial years for a circular economy reusable packaging trial in Newport.

SA1

25 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to increased contract and consultancy costs in respect of infrastructure works at SA1.        

Cilyrychen Industrial Estate

25 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and �ʶ����� Language has approved funding to replace roof cladding on units at Cilyrychen Industrial Estate, Llandybie.

Milford Haven

24 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to designate Milford Haven Inner water body under the Urban Waste Water Regulations, and for officials to formally notify Natural Resources Wales of decisions taken on identification of waters as sensitive areas via a Notice and Schedule, a map of the area covering the new Sensitive Area, and an accompany covering letter.

Appointment to the National Library of Wales

24 April 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has appointed Josephine Goretti Williams as a Trustee, for 4 years from 1 May 2025 to 30 April 2029.

Crown Consent

24 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the principle of issuing Crown Consent alongside an Agreement of Undertaking to support a development impacting the �ʶ�����woodland estate.

Additional Learning Needs

24 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education agreed the scope of the review of the Additional Learning Needs legislative framework and to request information from the Education Tribunal for Wales.

Careers Policy expenditure

24 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed the planned activities which will result in the expenditure of £100,000 for financial year 2025 to 2026.

Marine Delivery Plan

23 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs agreed the outline Marine Delivery Plan for 2025 to 2026 and its supporting budget of £2.361 million. This includes funding for two new Marine Biodiversity Policy Officers for two years.

Payments

23 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved payments for May and June 2025 for the Business and Regions Division.

Salmon and Trout fixed net duties

23 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved the application from NRW to set Salmon and Trout fixed net duties for the 2025 and 2026 seasons as advertised.

Aberaeron Library

23 April 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has agreed to reinstate the grant offer to Ceredigion County Council to enable the relocation of Aberaeron Library to the Penmorfa site to secure the library service for the area and enable the creation of enhanced facilities.

Carers

23 April 2025

The Minister for Children and Social Care has approved the updated ‘Strategy for Unpaid Carers: Delivery Plan 2025 to 2026’.

Building Safety Programme

22 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved a funding of up to £900,000 for the Building Safety Programme for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.

Safer Streets

22 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed funding for safer streets initiatives for 2025 to 2026.

Transformation Capital Grant Programme

22 April 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has agreed to the allocation of capital funding to support work in up to 2 Archives, 6 Libraries and 3 Museums.

Fire and Rescue Services

22 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to pay grant funding of up to £2 million revenue and £1 million capital for the maintenance and development of the three Fire and Rescue Services’ National Resilience capabilities in 2025 to 2026.

Tailored Work Experience

22 April 2025

Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has agreed the Careers Wales Tailored Work Experience limited continuation offer for 2025 to 2026.

Pontllanfraith Pupil Referral Unit

22 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved a variation to the original business case regarding the Pontllanfraith Pupil Referral Unit project.

Size of Wales

22 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved annual grant funding of £280,000 for Size of Wales to support their education and outreach programme for financial years 2025 to 2027.

Community Energy Wales

22 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to fund Community Energy Wales and Ynni Teg for 2025 to 2026.

Public toilets

17 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved the £500,000 Mid Wales Public Conveniences fund 2025 to 2026 to help support improvements and refurbishment of toilets located on the strategic road network in Mid Wales.

Toyota Lean Clusters Programme

17 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed funding for the Toyota Lean Clusters Programme 2025 to 2029.

Learning platform for Careers Wales staff

17 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to Careers Wales signing a contract which requires an indemnity to the value of £250,000 to protect the intellectual property of the successful bidders product

Sustainable development

17 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to expenditure on the development of sustainable development guidance.

Cockle fishery

16 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has  agreed to officials conducting a 2-week consultation with permit holders and industry stakeholders on setting the Wales cockle fishery permit fee and daily catch limit for 2025 to 2026.

Warm Homes Programme

16 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to replace boilers over 12 years old in situations where air source heat pumps are not feasible. 

Childcare and Early Years

16 April 2025

The Minister for Children and Social Care and the Cabinet Secretary for Education have approved the Childcare and Early Years Capital Programme for the periods 2025 to 2028

Purchase of land

16 April 2025

The Cabinet Secreatary for Housing and Local Government approved the purchase of 7.4 ha’s of land known as Millands Farm, Llanmaes, Vale of Glamorgan.

Appointment and re-appointment to Cwm Taf Morgannwg, Hywel Dda and Swansea Bay University Health Boards.

16 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed to appoint Councillor Paul Deenik as Associate Board Member to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, Pat Dunmore as Associate Board Member to Swansea Bay University Health Board and re-appoint Michael Gray as Associate Board Member to Hywel Dda University Health Board.

Children, families and childcare research

16 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and The Minister for Children and Social Care have approved funding of £144,136 in 2025 to 2026 for research activity related to children, families and childcare.

Broadband

16 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to the delivery of a broadband options communications campaign

Circular economy

15 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed funding for Benthyg Cymru to support the wider transition to a circular economy and programme for government commitments centred around reuse and repair activities in town centres for the remaining Senedd term.

Centre for Digital Services

15 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed the focus, remit and priorities for the Centre for Digital Services for financial year 2025 to 2026.

Transport strategy and policy 

15 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales agreed to allocate funding to local authorities for Local Transport Grants, Transport for Wales and to other delivery partners. The Prif Weinidog agreed to allocate funding to local authorities for schemes that were within the Cabinet Secretary’s constituency.

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence deployment of support projects 

15 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed to repurpose underspends within the portfolio for 2024 to 2025 to support projects aimed at tackling Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence. 

Fire and Rescue Authorities Community Safety Programmes

15 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to pay grant funding of up to £371,000 revenue and £900,000 capital to the three Fire and Rescue Authorities for their Community Safety Programmes in 2025 to 2026.

Appointment to Hywel Dda University Health Board

15 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has appointed Sara Harraway for 4 years from 6 May 2025 to 5 May 2029.

Flood and coastal risk management 

15 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved the creation of a time limited, Task and Finish Group, to consider workforce issues for the Flood and Coastal Risk Management external workforce and approved £30,000 to support the work in 2025 to 2026.

Hillside Secure Children’s Home

15 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip agreed to provide capital grant funding of up to £328,141 to complete the refurbishment of the sports hall within Hillside Secure Children’s Home in 2025 to 2026

Social services funding 

15 April 2025

The Minister for Children and Social Care and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care have agreed £1.6million additional revenue funding to support the implementation of eliminating profit in the remainder of the 2024 to 2025 financial year.

Fly-tipping Action Wales

15 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to provide £400,000 in funding to Natural Resources Wales for the ongoing delivery of the Fly-tipping Action Wales programme during 2025 to 2026.

Support for Discover Economics

10 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language has agreed funding of £5,000 to support the work of Discover Economics in Wales for 2025 to 2026.

Proposed allocation of the Schools Digital Services Divisions

10 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved the planned allocation, and expenditure, of the Schools Digital Services Divisions revenue budget for 2025 to 2026.

Investment Panel Meeting of 18th February 2025

10 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed Economy Futures Creative Production funding for a project in Gwynedd.

Repair Cafe Wales Funding

10 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, has agreed funding for Repair Café Wales for 2025 to 2026 financial year.

Funding for emergency works following Storm Bert and Storm Darragh

10 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved £750,618 funding through the 2025 to 2026 Flood programme for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council for emergency works following Storm Bert and Storm Darragh.

Funding for post-16 programme(s)

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved funding for post-16 programme(s) of study at specialist Further Education establishments.

Approval of variation to the �ʶ����� Local Government Association Improvement Grant

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government agreed to uplift the �ʶ����� Local Government Association Improvement and Digital Support grant to support innovative projects relating to federating governance in Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen County Borough Councils and transforming social care in Powys for 2024 to 2025.

Support for the community and town sector

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government agreed to continue support for the community and town sector in 2025 to 2026.

Tackling Poverty 2025 to 2026

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed funding to support activities which tackle food poverty.

Climate Change Committee Adaptation appointments

9 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to reappointing 1 member and starting a recruitment process for 2 new members to the Adaptation Committee of the Climate Change Committee.

Digital Health and Care Wales Remit

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed the Digital Health and Care Wales remit letter for 2025.

Fibrespeed Lease of Easement - Deeside

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed that the lease of easement for Land at Deeside Industrial Estate, Deeside, Flintshire is renewed.

Financial contribution to the joint Reservoir Safety Reform Programme

9 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed the payment of £116,810 to the Reservoir Safety Reform Programme for 2024 to 2025 Financial Year.

�ʶ����� Revenue Authority Remit

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language have agreed the �ʶ����� Revenue Authority remit letter for 2025 to 2026.

Transforming Towns Funding

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to provide Transforming Towns grant funding to Swansea Council to support the redevelopment of the former JT Morgan department store building, Belle Vue Way, Swansea.

National and International Connectivity Budget

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has approved the allocation of £1.794 million for National and International Connectivity. This including £1.509 million for TfW’s analytical unit, £0.25 million funding for new analytical posts, and £0.035 million revenue funding for taxi driver training for 2025 to 2026.

TfW Funding Letter and Business Plan

9 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed £381.15 million funding for TfW in 2025 to 2026 and consented to the known land transactions on the TfW estate.  

Appointment of Fee-paid Professional Members of the Residential Property Tribunal Wales

9 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs appointed Mr Thomas Wyn Jones, Dr Jack Rostron, and Mr Morgan Williams as Fee-paid Professional Members of the Residential Property Tribunal Wales for a period of 5 years from 2 April 2025 to 1 April 2030.

Housing associations

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved a consultation on revised draft Regulatory Standards for housing associations registered in Wales.

Whitchurch Hospital

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services has agreed funding of £1.245million in 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 to bring the Whitchurch Hospital site to a compliant state for sale given its listed status. Funding has also been agreed to provide ongoing security on the site.

Appointment to Velindre University NHS Trust

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has appointed Lindsay Foyster as Vice-chair, for 4 years from 01 May 2025 to 30 April 2029.

Appointments to Arts Council Wales  

7 April 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has appointed Nansi Williams, Wesley Bennett-Pearce, Ffion Haf Evans, Joshua Robertson and Elid Morris for 3 years from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028.

National curriculum

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed funding totalling £2,005,900 across 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026 to build national support and accelerated school participation in the national curriculum design programme.

Development Bank of Wales

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to additional expenditure by the Development Bank for Wales which will address demand for repayable finance through the Wales Flexible Investment Fund.

The Joint England and Wales All Reservoir Panel

7 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the removal of an engineer from the joint England and Wales All Reservoir Panel.

Housing with Care Fund

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved £60,500,000 for ongoing investment in the Housing with Care Fund for the 2025 to 2026 financial year to be allocated across the seven regions of Wales.

Establishment of a South East Wales Health Boards Regional Joint Committee

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has directed Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Heath Board to establish the South East Wales Health Boards - Regional Joint Committee to exercise the facilitation and oversight of regional planning to drive effective collaboration and regional working.

Plot C5, Junction 38, Margam, Port Talbot

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning has approved a freehold disposal of land in Port Talbot.

Event Wales business plan

7 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved the Event Wales budget for financial year 2025 to 2026, which includes funding support for a range of events taking place in Wales, as well as wider activities to support the events sector.

Appointment of Vice-Chair to Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

3 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has appointed Phil Robson Vice-Chair to Aneurin Bevan University Health Board for 1 year from 1 April 2025 until 31 March 2026.

NHS Wales Digital Health Standard for NHS Login

3 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed the Identity Standards to be used in the �ʶ����� Identity and Verification Service which enables citizens, who cannot complete the NHS Login online digital verification process, to verify themselves at a GP Practice to access the NHS Wales App.

Appointment of Independent Member to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

3 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care appointed Neil Mesher as Independent Member to Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board from 01/04/2025 until 31/03/2029.

Blaenau Gwent Strategic Acquisitions Loan

3 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved a conversion of an element of the existing Blaenau Gwent Strategic Acquisitions repayable loan funding to non-repayable grant funding and Transforming Towns development funding to support an options appraisal for the future development of the acquired site.

Cultural Arm’s Length Bodies Operational Plans

3 April 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has approved the Amgueddfa Cymru’s and the National Library of Wales’ annual Operational Plan for 2024 to 2025 and also the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales’ Operational Plan for 2024 to 2026.

Year of Croeso Weather-Proofing Fund

3 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved a £1 million Year of Croeso Weather-Proofing Fund for Tourism Attractions for 2025 to 2026.

Natural Resources Wales IR35 Settlement - Budget Reduction Terms

3 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to provide Natural Resources Wales with the necessary budget cover for its IR35 tax liability and has approved arrangements for a ten-year budget reduction to recoup the residual cash and budget cover provided.

Natural Resources Wales Timber income shortfall

3 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to provide Natural Resources Wales with £1.4million revenue budget cover to meet the shortfall in its timber income for 2024 to 2025.

Natural Resources Wales Regulatory Charge Proposals

3 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved Natural Resources Wales’ final Regulatory Charge Proposals for 2025 to 2026, and for these charges to be implemented from 1 April 2025.

Natural Resources Wales funding for LIFE Projects

3 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to provide Natural Resources Wales with £1million of additional capital funding to support its LIFE projects for 2024 to 2025.

Porthcawl Waterfront

3 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved increasing the �ʶ����� Government’s land interests in Porthcawl Waterfront.

Recruitment process to appointment a new chair to Natural Resources Wales

3 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved the commencement of the process to appointment a new chair to Natural Resources Wales. 
 

National Hwb Microsoft Licencing agreement and cloud support

2 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved funding to extend the national M365 licence agreement with Microsoft and to provide essential cloud support services for three years.

National Forest Signage and The Woodland Investment Grant

2 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed for there to be another round of the Woodland Investment Grant in 2025-2026 as well as an extension to the contract with Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind to enable them to continue delivering signs to new National Forest sites.

Pandemic Preparedness Planning

2 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed new medium-term levels for the personal protective equipment (PPE) stockpiles.

Forestry Policy Branch Budget Spend Approval

2 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed the proposed financial commitments for the Forestry Resource Policy branch for financial year 2025 to 2026 and some which form an ongoing commitment in 2026 to 2027.

NHS Wales Chairs Objectives

2 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care agreed the NHS Chairs’ Objectives for 2025 to 2026.

Digital Priorities Investment Fund

2 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed Funding allocations for the Digital Priorities Investment Fund in 2025 to 2026.

Groundwork in Wales

2 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing & Local Government has approved funding to support the continued delivery of Groundwork in Wales regeneration activities for 2025 to 2026.

Contract indemnity for a learning platform for Careers Wales staff

2 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to Careers Wales signing a contract which requires an indemnity to the value of £250,000 to protect the intellectual property of the successful bidders product.

Funding to Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd

2 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed funding to Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd for Careers Wales and Working Wales for 2025 to 2026 Financial Year.

Additional in year funding to hospices

1 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed to fund commissioned hospices with an extra £5.5million from in year funding for 2024 to 2025.

Allocation of additional end of year revenue to National Park Authorities

1 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has allocated additional revenue funding of £0.9million to the National Park Authorities (£300k each) in 2024 to 2025 to reduce the impact of pay increases and other pressures.

Digital Priorities Investment Fund

1 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed Funding allocations for the Digital Priorities Investment Fund in 2025 to 2026.

�ʶ����� Local Government Association Connecting Care, Social Care, Programme (Priority)

1 April 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed funding to support the implementation of the Connecting Care for social care working with all 22 local authorities.

Approval to continue Designated Landscapes Biodiversity Expert Group and National Park Authority Governance Programme

1 April 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to extend the appointment of the Designated Landscapes Biodiversity Expert Adviser for an additional year into 2025 to 2026, and a programme of governance assistance to the National Park Authorities for the same period.

Tech Valleys - Coleg Gwent bursaries

28 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed �ʶ�����funding to enable Tech Valleys bursaries at Coleg Gwent.

Running Costs for Celf – The National Contemporary Art Gallery for Wales

28 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed to provide transition costs and a contribution towards the operating costs of Celf.

British Standards Institute’s Nature Investment Standards

28 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to support the release of the British Standard Institute’s Overarching Principles Standard for market adoption.

Business case - Sanitary and Phytosanitary Border Control Posts

27 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change & Rural Affairs and the Cabinet Secretary for Finance & �ʶ����� Language have approved the business case for Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Border Control Posts (BCPs) at Fishguard and Pembroke Dock ports, Pembrokeshire.

Additional investment to support planned care recovery

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed to allocate an additional £20 million investment to support local NHS plans to continue to deliver against the national government priority to reduce long waiting times.

Revision to the published charging scheme for the regulation of the building control profession

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed the revised charges for the Building Control Profession Charging Scheme.

Primary Care Development Budget

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed funding proposals for 2025 to 2026 from the Primary Care Development Budget.

Approval to fund program of work on economic Input-Output Tables and a Trade Survey for Wales

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language has approved the spending of up to £520k split across 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 to procure the delivery of a Trade Survey for Wales and to continue the program of work on economic Input-Output Tables.

Renewal of the current outline planning consent at Brocastle, Bridgend

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved expenditure on consultancy fees at Brocastle, Bridgend.

Appointment of Non-Executive Board Member to Hybu Cig Cymru – Meat Promotion Wales Board

27 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has appointed Dewi Hughes and Paul Savage for three years from 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2028. 

Reappointment of a Chair to Health Education and Improvement Wales

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has reappointed Chris Jones for 1 year from 1 October 2025 until 30 September 2026.

Regulatory Impact Assessment for Phase 2 of the implementation of the Building Safety Act 2022

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to a budget allocation of £94,356 to produce a Regulatory Impact Assessment for Phase 2 of the implementation of the Building Safety Act 2022.

�ʶ����� language workforce capacity building

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed a total of £0.600million from the �ʶ����� Language Professional Learning budget within the Teacher Development and Support in 2025 to 2026 and £0.350million in 2026 to 2027 to deliver the �ʶ����� language workforce capacity building grant scheme.

Children and Communities Grant

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Children and Social Care have approved the Final Grant Allocations 2025 to 2026 for Children and Communities Grant.

Agreement of Extension of Grant Funding to �ʶ����� Local Government Association

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed that grant funding of £88,000 is made available to �ʶ����� Local Government Association during the 2025 to 2026 financial year for continued assistance to work with local authorities to develop policy proposals for the taxi and private hire vehicles sector.

Appeal against an enforcement notice under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry)(England and Wales) Regulations 1999

27 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has considered and dismissed an appeal against the enforcement notice ref. COLINS 12678 under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) (England and Wales) Regulations 1999.

Additional Ysgol Dyffryn Amman funding

27 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved additional funding for bespoke well-being support for Ysgol Dyffryn Aman.

NHS Wales - Targeted Estates Fund

25 March 2025

The First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services have agreed funding for capital improvements across NHS Wales for 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents

25 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change has agreed to increase the 2025 to 2026 procured award to the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to develop a website for Water Safety Wales at a cost of up to £40,000, increasing the total in the value of the contract to £160,000 (including VAT).

Rights Respects Equality - Anti bullying guidance refresh

25 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed to the funding commitment of up to £20,000 (including VAT) to support the analysis of the refreshed Rights, respect, equality Anti-bullying guidance, public consultation.

Appointment of an administrative agent for Housing Loans

25 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to appointment the Development Bank of Wales as administrative agent for Housing Loans.

Business Wales Marketing

25 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning has approved £333,000 for the marketing of the Business Wales service in 2025 to 2026.

Investment Panel meeting of 4 February 2025

25 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed Wales Tourism Investment Funding for a project on Anglesey.

Transforming Towns funding

24 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved funding to Ceredigion County Council to support the delivery of the South Seddon Business Units; and, to Cyngor Gwynedd to fund the lease premium and associated costs on the Debenhams building in Bangor.

Housing with Care Fund

24 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved £11,909,193 from the Housing with Care Fund for twenty three schemes across seven regions of Wales.

Disposal of property

24 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for North Wales, and Transport agreed the disposal of a property in Gwynedd.

CAVC Advanced Technology Campus and Barry Waterfront Campus

24 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and the First Minister have approved the Full Business Case and associated funding for the CAVC Advanced Technology Campus and Barry Waterfront Campus projects, which will be delivered through the Mutual Investment Model.

Regional Skills Partnerships Programme of work - Net Zero

24 March 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has agreed the proposed programme of work for Regional Skills Partnerships for fiscal year 2025 to 2026.

Hate Hurts Wales Communications Contract

24 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip and Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language have agreed funding for the Hate Hurts Wales campaign in 2025 to 2026.

Nature Networks Fund and National Park Authorities funding

20 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has allocated additional revenue funding of £3.3million to the National Park Authorities in 2024 to 2025 to help them deliver their statutory purposes, and approx. £2.350million to the Nature Networks Fund in 2024 to 2025 to fund an additional five projects.

Independent Advisory Service on the Blue Badge Scheme

20 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed to procure an Independent Advisory Service to continue to provide support and advice to local authorities in Wales with regards to eligibility assessment of applications for a blue badge.  The contract duration will initially be two years, at which point a further review offers a possible extension for a further 2 final years.

Flood and Water Investment Programme

20 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed the capital and revenue programme for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management and Water Policy Delivery for the financial year 2025 to 2026.

Integration and Rebalancing Capital Fund programme

20 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed capital funding for Integration and Rebalancing Capital Fund programme recommended projects.

Homelessness Support and Prevention Funding Allocations

20 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government and First Minister have agreed to the final allocations for Homelessness Support and Prevention for 2025 to 2026, including for the Housing Support Grant.

Application(s) for Independent Special Post-16 Institutions

20 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has rejected an application from an Independent Special Post-16 Institution (ISPI) to be included on the published ISPI List.

Decision on a Development of National Significance at Shotton Paper Mill

20 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has granted planning permission for the development of a Combined Heat and Power facility with a generation capacity of 69MW.

Caerphilly Castle Development

20 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Partnership have agreed to proceed with Phase II as currently planned, but to review the design with the objective of reducing costs without impacting scope and quality. 

Funding for International Tertiary Education purposes August 2025 to July 2026

18 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education and the Minister for Further and Higher Education has agreed to provide transitional funding support of £500k for one year, for the continuation of international education activities currently funded through the Global Wales III project.

Disposal of Unit 4, Dragon 24, Penllergaer

18 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for North Wales and Transport has approved the leasehold disposal of property in Swansea.

�ʶ����� Blood Service Fleet Replacement

18 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health & Social Care has agreed £2.953million capital funding over 3 years (2025 to 2026 through to 2027 to 2028) for the phased replacement of the �ʶ����� Blood Service Transport & Logistics Fleet.

Approve Building Safety Agreed Scheme Funding Applications

18 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to provide up to £250 thousand of funding in financial year 2024 to 2025 to five private sector applicants for fire safety remediation works.

Delivery of Social Business Wales Service

18 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning has approved the continuation of funding in 2025 to 2026 for the Social Business Wales Service and the core funding to Cwmpas and Social Firms Wales.

Appointment of a Member to the Eryri National Park Authority

18 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has appointed Wyn Thomas for 4 years from 1 March 2025 until 28 February 2029.

Appointment of Member to the Eryri National Park Authority

18 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has appointed Dr Salamatu Fada for 4 years from 1 July 2025 until 30 June 2029.

Appointment of a Member to the Eryri National Park Authority

18 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has appointed Rhys Evans for 4 years from 1 March 2025 until 28 February 2029. 

Business support

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed Economy Futures Creative Production Funding for a project in Cardiff.

Business support

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed Economy Futures Creative Production Funding for a project across South East Wales.

Business support

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed Economy Futures Creative Production Funding for a project in Caerphilly.

Children’s Commissioner for Wales

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has approved the grant funding for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales for 2025 to 2026.

Coleg Cambria’s �ʶ����� Language Hub

17 March 2025

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, and the Cabinet Secretary for Education have approved the Business Justification Case for Coleg Cambria’s �ʶ����� Language Hub (CAMU) project.

Business in the Community Strategic Relationship

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning has approved the continuation of a strategic relationship with Business in the Community with grant funding of £25,000 for 2025 to 2026.

Seafish Public Appointments 2025

17 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed the recommendation not to fill the vacancies.

Transforming Towns

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing & Local Government has approved Transforming Towns Loan funding to Ceredigion County Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council and Swansea Council.

Housing with Care Fund – Project Proposals

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved £5,652,213 for ten schemes across five regions of Wales.  The First Minister has agreed £582,450 for one scheme across one region of Wales as the scheme.

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Capital funding

17 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip agreed the funding request of £19,320 from New Pathways to provide essential security provision.

�ʶ����� Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s Vehicle Replacement programme

13 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health & Social Care has approved £22.4million in 2025 to 2026 as part of the �ʶ����� Ambulance Service NHS Trust’s Vehicle Replacement programme.

Hybu Cig Cymru Financial Support

13 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved financial support for Hybu Cig Cymru.

Wales Union Learning Fund and TUC Cymru Funding Approval

13 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed funding to support delivery of Wales Union Learning Fund and TUC Cymru activities in 2025 to 2026 financial year.

Investment Panel meeting of 4 February 2025

13 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed Wales Tourism Investment Funding for a project in Ceredigion.

Coalfields Regeneration Trust

12 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing & Local Government has approved funding to support the continued delivery of the Coalfields Regeneration Trust regeneration activities until end of the financial year 2027.

Budget Allocations–– Single Unified Safeguarding Review

12 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Children and Social Care has agreed to the allocation of additional revenue funding to support the delivery of training and additional support to Regional Safeguarding Boards and Wales Safeguarding Repository during the remainder of 2024 to 2025.

International Education Programme

12 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed allocations totalling £0.62million in 2025 to 2026 to support the International Education Programme.

Business & Regions Payments

11 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning has approved payments for March & April 2025 for the Entrepreneurship and Business Wales Division.

Tech Valleys – Impact Review

11 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed �ʶ�����funding to enable a benefits realisation analysis of the Tech Valleys programme.

Transforming Towns Funding

11 March 2025

The First Minister has approved Transforming Towns Funding to Newport City Council to support the demolition of the former Newport Centre. The Cabinet Secretary for Housing & Local Government has approved Transforming Towns funding to Conwy County Borough Council to support refurbishment works to Venue Cymru, Llandudno; Swansea Council to support Y Storfa, the City Centre Community Hub and to support two projects in Copr Bay Phase 1 and to support 71/72 The Kingsway; Pembrokeshire County Council to support projects in the Western Quayside, Haverfordwest; Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council for the Princess Royal Theatre and Port Talbot Town Centre project and for the renovation, modernisation and expansion of Pontardawe Arts Centre; Cyngor Gwynedd to support the pre-development costs of a proposed project in Caernarfon; Neath Port Talbot to support the pre-development costs of a proposed project in Port Talbot.

Regional Skills Partnerships Programme of work - Net Zero

11 March 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership has agreed the proposed programme of work for Regional Skills Partnerships for fiscal year 2025 to 2026. Their work has been re-focused on the Government priority “Jobs and Green Growth.”

Sustainable Investment Principles consultation  

11 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the development of a nature finance framework and the commissioning of a report to determine the scale of investment needed for nature recovery.

Joint consultation on poultry welfare

11 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to a joint consultation on poultry catching and handling.

Contract extension for the �ʶ����� Farm Business Survey data collection

11 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to extend the data collection services for the �ʶ����� Farm Business Survey under the terms of the current contract a further two years. 

Budget Allocations–– Supporting Communities

10 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed to provide revenue funding to support activities which tackle poverty.

Transforming Towns Loans

10 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing & Local Government has agreed the Transforming Towns Loans applications of £500k to Gwynedd, £500k to Wrexham and £5million to Swansea for 2024 to 2025.

The Making of Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders on Behalf of Local Authorities

10 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary of Transport and North Wales has agreed �ʶ�����to make Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders on behalf of Local Authorities for �ʶ����� Cycling events within Wales.

Social Housing Regulator and Strategic Business Division Indicative Grant Awards

10 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary Housing and Local Government has agreed grant awards to Tai Pawb, TPAS Cymru, Chartered Institute of Housing, LEASE and Cardiff Community Housing Association in 2025 to 2026. The Cabinet Secretary also agreed a variation to grant awards for 2024 to 2025 in relation to Tai Pawb, Chartered Institute of Housing and TPAS Cymru.

Economy Futures Creative Production Funding

10 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed Economy Futures Creative Production Funding for a project across South East Wales.

In-year Re-profiling of Housing and Regeneration Capital Budgets

6 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government, The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language and the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales have agreed to the in-year re-profiling of Housing and Regeneration capital budgets to align with key priorities and to maximise the impact of the total budget available.

Essential Upgrade to Cafcass Cymru’s Customer Relationship Management (CRM) System

6 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care agreed for the remaining expenditure to be transferred over to the 2025 to 2026 financial year for the upgrade to the Cafcass Cymru’s CRM system.

Marine Noise

6 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to develop a policy position on managing Marine Noise in-line with the similar policy position in England.

Purchasing Marine Spatial Planning Challenge game

6 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed the purchase of the Marine Spatial Planning Challenge game to aid engagement with stakeholders on the challenges and opportunities around Marine Planning in Wales.

School Holiday Enrichment Programme

6 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed the School Holiday Enrichment Programme Review ‘Interim’ Report.

Pest Management    

6 March 2025
 
The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the tendering of a research project to identify feasible options to design an integrated pest management innovation scheme. 

Business Wales Contracted Delivery

6 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning, Minister for Culture, Skills & Social Partnership and Minister for Further & Higher Education have approved the budget allocations for 2025 to 2026 for the Business Wales service.

Funding to Support Inward Investment

6 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed funding in 2025 to 2026 for a range of activities that support �ʶ�����efforts in promoting Wales, its core market segments and critical assets on the global stage to secure mobile investment.  

Cwlwm childcare consortium and Play Wales

6 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Children and Social Care have approved the additional revenue funding for the Cwlwm childcare consortium and Play Wales in 2024 to 2025.

Medr Strategic Plan

6 March 2025

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Minister for Culture, Skills & Social Partnership and the Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed the Medr Strategic Plan 2025 to 2030.

Community pharmacy estates proposal for funding

5 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care approved advice concerning a Wales wide capital grant scheme for community pharmacies for 2025 to 2026.

Shellfish Association of Great Britain’s conference

5 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister & Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change & Rural Affairs has agreed to provide sponsorship for the Shellfish Association of Great Britain’s conference in 2025.

Appointment of Independent Members to Health Education and Improvement Wales

5 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has appointed Alun Lloyd as Independent Member to Health Education and Improvement Wales for 4 years and will commence on 1st of April 2025.

Appointment of Board Members to Natural Resources Wales Board

5 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has appointed Adam Taylor, Hushneara Miah and Rebecca Colley-Jones to Natural Resources Wales Board as Independent Members from 01 April 2025 to 31 October 2029.

Future Proposals for The Democratic Engagement Grant

5 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed the continuation of the Democratic Engagement Grant for a further 3 years from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028, funded at £400 000 per year.

Highways management

3 March 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language and the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales agreed a new local government borrowing initiative for highways management to be delivered across the 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027 budget periods

NHS Women’s Health Plan for Wales

3 March 2025

The Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing and the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care have approved the approach to delivering the actions in the NHS Women’s Health Plan for Wales.

Independent appeals process for rural grants and payments

3 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has accepted the Independent Appeals Panel recommendation to reject an appeal against the �ʶ����� Government’s decision to apply a 3% Cross Compliance penalty for negligently damaging a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Independent appeals process for rural grants and payments

3 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has accepted the Independent Appeals Panel recommendation to reject an appeal against the �ʶ����� Government’s decision to apply a 10% penalty to a Sustainable Management Scheme claim, for not selecting the lowest quote.

Independent appeals process for rural grants and payments

3 March 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has accepted the Independent Appeals Panel recommendation to reject an appeal against the �ʶ����� Government’s decision apply a 10% penalty to a Rural Community Development Fund claim, for not selecting the lowest quote.

Classification, Labelling and Packaging

28 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to give consent to the GB Mandatory Classification and Labelling recommendations for 46 active substances and to the proposed date from when the GB mandatory classification and labelling requirements must be complied with (‘the compliance date’).

National Occupational Standards

28 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed to extend the arrangement with Skills Development Scotland for 2025 to 2026 to continue to host the management and coordination of National Occupational Standards, and related funding.

NHS Wales Bursary Scheme

28 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed an extension of the NHS Wales Bursary Scheme for academic year 2025 to 2026.

Additional funding to Medr 

28 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education agreed an amended funding letter to be issued to Medr which includes £18.5million capital in response to financial pressures facing the higher education sector; £3.967million to support undergraduate medical education and £0.4million to support junior apprenticeships as additional allocations in 2024 to 2025.

Rural Housing Enabler 

28 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to award funding to continue supporting the Rural Housing Enabler programme in 2025 to 2026.

Cadw 2024 to 2025 Additional Capital Proposals

28 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have approved expenditure of £333,205 to support grants and investment in heritage in 2024 to 2025.

Local Full Fibre Network Trunk Road Project Update

28 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to provide additional funding to the Local Full Fibre Network Trunk Road Project. 

Proposed professional learning expenditure 

28 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed allocations totalling £9.965million in 2025 to 2026 to support professional learning activities for practitioners.

Cross Hands East Strategic Employment Site – Extend Electrical Infrastructure and Payment of Compensation

26 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & �ʶ����� Language has approved payments connected with a Joint Arrangement with Carmarthenshire County Council.

Allocation of the Equality, Race and Disability Evidence Units budget for 2025 to 2026 financial year

26 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed the funding allocations to deliver the work program of the Equality, Race and Disability Evidence Units over 2025 to 2026.

Transforming Towns

26 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing & Local Government has approved funding to support the development of underutilised land at Kings Lane corner, Swansea and the creation of commercial units at the former Castle Cinema Swansea and internal fit out and external environmental works at the Queen’s Market, Rhyl.

Digital Waste Tracking Service - pause and re-set the digital build

26 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs agreed to pause and re-set the digital build of the waste tracking service, and the subsequent delay to the project implementation date of April 2025 and announce April 2026 for the digital waste tracking service to be in place.

Allocation of additional funding for Childcare for 2025 to 2026

26 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and Minister for Children and Social Care have agreed to a £6.40 hourly rate payable to childcare providers who deliver the Childcare Offer for Wales effective from 7 April 2025 with consequential uplifts for Nursery Education and Flying Start Childcare. Also agreed to a 7% uplift to assist childcare representative bodies (Cwlwm) in delivering on their core funding objectives and funding to continue expansion of Flying Start childcare across Wales.

Funding for post-16 programme(s)

26 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved funding for post-16 programme(s) of study at specialist Further Education establishments.

Renewal of Members Agreement and Funding for Endeavr

26 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning has agreed to renew the Airbus Endeavr Wales Ltd Joint Venture Members Agreement for a further 5-year term together with funding for 2024 to 2025 financial year.

Usk Catchment Partnership

25 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to an additional grant of £20,000 to the Usk Catchment Partnership for 2024 to 2025 to enhance local solutions and improvements to water quality in the Usk river catchment.

Funding contribution towards the cost of the N Wales Child Practice Review

25 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed to provide up to £95,000 (50%) towards the costs of the ongoing Extended Child Practice Review (CPR) into child abuse perpetrated by former Headteacher Neil Foden.

Newport - Project Variations

25 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved project variations from Newport City Council regarding the Bassaleg School, Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Gwenlli and Ysgol Gyfun Gwent Is Coed projects. 

Wales Sanctuary Service

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Culture, Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed to extend the Wales Sanctuary Service contract for an additional two years until 31 March 2027. The service funding will increase to ensure it can operate on a pan-Wales sustainable basis.

Corporate Joint Committees

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed revenue funding of £200k per Corporate Joint Committee (CJC), totalling £800K in 2025 to 2026, to support delivery of the ambitions of the prospectus.  The Cabinet Secretary has also agreed to signal to local authorities that we intend to prioritise provisional funding of £200k for each CJC in the following two years, 2026 to 2027 and 2027 to 2028.

Support services

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip agreed to allocate underspend to; New Pathways, £146,000; Stepping Stones North Wales, £60,000; and, Safer Wales, £50,000.

YnNi Teg’s Penrhiw Wind Turbine project

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning agreed a grant for YnNi Teg’s Penrhiw Wind Turbine project near Aberaeron, Ceredigion.

Regional energy planning teams

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning agreed revenue funding for the four regional energy planning teams in Wales, and for Ynni Cymru, for financial year 2025 to 2026.

Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

24 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed, subject to the approval of the 2025 UK fishing plan, to open a �ʶ����� recreational catch and release for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna for charter vessels again in 2025, and maintain the prohibition on the targeted commercial fishing or the sale of bycatch Atlantic Bluefin Tuna from �ʶ����� waters.

Inspiring Skills Excellence in Wales

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have approved funding of £1,360,000 for the 2025 to2026 Inspiring Skills Excellence in Wales programme of activities.

Community Focused Schools: Multi-agency Engagement Guidance

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed Community Focused Schools Multi-agency Engagement guidance.

Digital Solutions Team ICT Services and Funding

24 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed funding of £1.242million for financial year 2025 to 2026 to support the annual costs for ICT Services, including programme staff for Tertiary Education.

UEFA Women’s Euro 2025

20 February 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership, the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning, the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and the �ʶ����� Language, and the First Minister have agreed to support a £1.4million programme of activities in support of the Wales Women’s Football Team’s appearance at the Euro 2025 competition later this year.

Application to the Privy Council

20 February 2025

The First Minister has agreed that an application to the Privy Council by Bangor University to amend its Charter is approved.

Funding Post to Support Research on Long-Term Impacts of COVID-19 on Learners

20 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved continued funding for a team of three researchers.

Coleg Gwent Crosskeys Campus Multi-Phased Redevelopment  

20 February 2025

The Minister for Further and Higher Education and the Cabinet Secretary for Education have approved the recommendation of the Education Investment Panel regarding the Strategic Outline Case/Outline Business Case for the Coleg Gwent Crosskeys Campus Multi-Phased Redevelopment.  

Recruitment for the Housing Regulation Independent Assurance Panel

19 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has appointed Ruth Glazzard as Chair of the Housing Regulation Independent Assurance Panel for three years starting 17 February 2025 to 16 February 2028.

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence - Extension of Live Fear Free Helpline and the National Training Framework

19 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed to extend the contracts for the Live Fear Free Helpline and the National Training Framework which were both due to expire on 31 March 2025 for a further 12 months and also agreed an uplift of 3% of the costs for both contracts.

Housing with Care Fund – Project Proposals

19 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government and the First Minister have approved £263,963 from the Housing with Care Fund for three schemes across two regions of Wales and, up to an additional £2,200,000 of funding for Regional Planning Board utilisation for Disability Facilities Grants.

Land for Housing Scheme

18 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government and First Minister have agreed the loan applications under the Land for Housing Scheme 2024 to 2025.

Healthcare Inspectorate Wales’ CRM system

18 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed to the essential upgrade to Healthcare Inspectorate Wales’ CRM System Capital Expenditure for 2024 to 2025 and 2025 to 2026.

Education Research Budget

18 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved spending proposals to support the embedding of the National Strategy for Educational Research and Enquiry for the 2025 to 2026 financial year.

Funding for 2020 storms local government recovery costs

18 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed the final year for recovery funding to support costs from the 2020 storms of £4.5million.

�ʶ����� Language Programme for Overseas Workers in Health and Social Care

18 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care approved advice concerning the introduction of a �ʶ����� language programme in health and social care for overseas workers and students.

Tech Valleys programme

17 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed funding for the completion of the high value engineering facility in Blaenau Gwent.

Wrexham Tennis Centre

17 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved the reallocation of capital funding of £125k to support investment in the Wrexham Tennis Centre to bring an International Women’s tournament to Wales in 2025.

Volunteering in health and social care

17 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has approved infrastructure grant funding for Wales Council for Voluntary Action to progress volunteering in health and social care.

Leaders for the Future Programme

17 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has approved grant funding for the Royal College of General Practitioners Wales Leaders for the Future Programme.

National Minimum Allowances for Foster Carers

17 February 2025

The Minister for Children and Social Care has approved the National Minimum Allowance for Foster Carers 2025 to 2026.

Phase two of the Workplace Recycling Regulations

17 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to fund a combined workplace small waste electricals and electronics and textiles collection trial up to £125,000 and a workplace flexible plastic collection trial up to £85,000 during financial year 2025 to 2026.

Adoption Cohort Study funding

17 February 2025

The Minister for Children and Social Care has approved the Adoption Cohort study funding 2024 to 2026.

Funding to sustain Operation Ugain

13 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed funding of £600,000 to sustain Operation Ugain. Ensuring the effective delivery of the 20mph speed limit, by providing continued road safety education and engagement for 20mph, and other road safety initiatives.

Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence (VAWDASV) Capital Grant funding

13 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip approved proposals to fund successful Capital Funding projects to the value of £1,314,812; and to part-fund further projects to the value of £169,780.  In addition, the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip agreed that officials could inform, and provide feedback, to those organisations who sent in unsuccessful bids; and open a second round of bidding for the remaining £1.9million available in the VAWDASV Capital Grant allocation for 2025 to 2026.

Good Practice Guidance on Planning for Dark Skies

13 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy, and Planning has approved the publication and launch of Good Practice Guidance on Planning for Dark Skies.

Broadening the role of firefighters

13 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to de-prioritise broadening the role of firefighters until after current issues concerning Fire and Rescue Service culture and governance reform and firefighters’ working practices have been addressed by Fire and Rescue Services in Wales.

Invest to Save - Decarbonisation of �ʶ�����Strategic Road Network

13 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed funding of £2million to support decarbonisation of the LED lighting on the Strategic Road Network.

Delivery of the �ʶ����� in education workforce plan

12 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed to provide £8.038 million in 2025 to 2026 and £0.550 million in 2026 to 2027 to support the delivery of the �ʶ����� in education workforce plan.

Refusal of re-registration of Syllit 400 SC’ and identical child product ‘Radspor 400’

12 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to Health and Safety Executive exercising the decision-making function on behalf of �ʶ����� Ministers to refuse re-registration of ‘Syllit 400 SC’ and identical product ‘Radspor 400’ in Wales.  

Funding for Digital Eyecare

12 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed funding for Wales’ digital eye care programme.

Flexible Skills Programme

11 February 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership and Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning have agreed the 2025 to 2026 budget allocation for the Flexible Skills Programme.

Bus Fleet Purchases

11 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed to Transport for Wales purchasing a fleet of 16 new Euro 6 diesel buses for use on the TrawsCymru services T4, and T5 at a capital cost of £4.183million in financial year 2025 to 2026.

�ʶ����� Industrial Development Advisory Board

11 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy & Planning has agreed to recruit a new Chair and five new Members to the �ʶ����� Industrial Development Advisory Board.

Approval of changes to woodland creation funding

11 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to approve the changes for the Woodland Creation Planning Scheme, Woodland Creation Grant and Small Grant Woodland Creation for 2025.  

Student Loans Company Agreement

11 February 2025

The Minister for Further and Higher Education and the Cabinet Secretary for Education have agreed the Student Loans Company Annual Performance and Resource Agreement for financial year 2024 to 2025.

GoSafe road safety education (Operation Ugain)

11 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed funding of £600,000 for GoSafe road safety education (Operation Ugain) in financial year 2025 to 2026.

Building regulations Part L 2025 review update

11 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed the areas to be developed further for the proposed Building Regulations energy efficiency consultation and to procure a consultation version of the national calculation methodology software.

Business Wales Digita

11 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved expenditure in 2025 to 2026 for the delivery of the Business Wales and Economy, Energy and Planning Group’s management and digital information systems.

Project Development Support

10 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales and the Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning have agreed release of funds to progress project development and expenditure for business support in relation to a rail related project in South Wales.

Approval of marketing agent fees in respect of land disposal

10 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved the expenditure of up to £50,000 for the appointment of a professional marketing agent to dispose of commercial development land at Rhyd y Blew, Ebbw Vale.

Bovine TB Technical Advisory Group (TAG) advice on proposed changes to the TB Eradication Programme

10 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the Technical Advisory Group’s (TAG) policy and delivery advice in full on proposed changes to the TB Eradication Programme. The TAG advises revision of inconclusive reactor policies and a review of TB compensation.

Reappointments to Life Sciences Hub Wales

10 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care approved advice concerning the re-appointments of 5 Non-Executive Directors to Life Sciences Hub Wales Board.

Second Supplementary Budget

10 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language, Minister for Children and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed the Health and Social Care Main Expenditure Group, Second Supplementary Budget for 2024 to 2025.

Offshore wind task and finish group

6 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed the funding and resources required for the delivery of the Offshore wind task and finish group totalling £50,000 and the taskforce group structure and potential members.

In-year capital funding for Fire and Rescue Services

6 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed a total of £277,000 capital funding for a decontamination structure, a wildfire unit, smoke blockers, and fire station improvements in South Wales Fire and Rescue Service, a total of £491,661 capital funding for 3 electrical vehicles and fireground radios in North Wales Fire and Rescue Service and a total of £227,500 capital funding for additional vehicles and equipment to enhance the three Fire and Rescue Services’ National Resilience capabilities in 2024 to 2025.

Revisions to the Model Standing Orders for NHS Bodies

6 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed for NHS bodies to update their standing orders to reflect amendments to the Regulations stipulating the eligibility requirements and appointment arrangements for NHS bodies in Wales.

Site Demolition Costs

6 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has approved funding for the demolition of the Llantrisant Health park site.

Further update regarding Port of Mostyn marine licence application

6 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to notify Natural Resources Wales that it may agree to the plan in respect of the Port of Mostyn marine licence application.

Future funding of Regional Skills Partnerships

6 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed the same level of core funding for Regional Skills Partnerships for 2025 to 2026.  

Disasters Emergency Committee Middle East Humanitarian Appeal

6 February 2025

The First Minister has agreed to gift £100,000 to the Disasters Emergency Committee Middle East Humanitarian Appeal, following the recent ceasefire.

Mt Elgon landslide

6 February 2025

The First Minister has agreed to gift £11,000 for relief efforts following the Mt Elgon landslide in Uganda.

Relaunch of the International Learning Opportunities programme

6 February 2025

The First Minister gave approval to relaunch the International Learning Opportunities programme.

Request to Approve Building Safety Scheme Agreed Funding Applications

6 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to provide up to £3.5 million of funding in financial year 2024 to 2025 to nine private sector applicants for fire safety remediation works.

Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales Appointment

4 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has accepted the resignation of Dr Nerys Llewelyn Jones, Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales and agreed the appointment of Lynda Warren, current Deputy Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales, as the Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales from 1 March 2025. A new Deputy Interim Environmental Protection Assessor for Wales will also be appointed.

Hendre Lakes Business Park and Railway Station

4 February 2025

The First Minister has issued a decision on a called in planning application for the construction of a business park and railway station at land south of St Mellons Business Park, Cardiff and granted planning permission, subject to conditions.

Update on EURO 2028 and funding to UK & Ireland 2028 Ltd

4 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language agreed funding to UK & Ireland 2028 Ltd as the special purpose vehicle established to deliver EURO 2028.

Conwy County Borough Council ultra-low emission vehicles funding 

4 February 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to provide capital funding of up to £1.575million to Conwy County Borough Council for the procurement of 9 ultra-low emission recycling and waste collection vehicles.

Salaried Post Graduate Certificate of Education grant funding arrangement

4 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved additional funding to the Salaried Post Graduate Certificate of Education grant funding arrangements from academic year 2025 to 2026.

Change in Membership to the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board for Wales

4 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to change the current membership structure of the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Advisory Board for Wales (SABW) to replace Fire and Rescue Authority (FRA) Members with FRA Officers as employer representatives on the SABW.  The authority to appoint such members will be delegated to the Director of Risk, Resilience and Community Safety.  In addition, the Cabinet Secretary has also agreed to change the chairing arrangements for the SABW, such that the Chair is an appropriate �ʶ�����official, the authority to appoint such a chair has been delegated to the Director of Risk, Resilience and Community Safety.

Appointment of Members to Arts Council Wales

4 February 2025

The Minister for Culture, Skills & Social Partnership has appointed Emily Bamkole, Sarah Pace and Amanda Morgan Thomas as Members of the Arts Council Wales, from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2028.  

Remit & Funding Letters for Cwmni Egino for 2025 to 2026

4 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to transitional funding and adjustments to the Cwmni Egino Board and its Executive team to secure project continuity and corporate knowledge.

Approval of Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone Gateway Two Proposal

3 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning approved the North Wales Corporate Joint Committee’s  ‘Sector and Geography” gateway submission for the Flintshire and Wrexham Investment Zone.

Transport for Wales Chair Recruitment

3 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has approved the process and to commence the recruitment and appointment of a new Chair for Transport for Wales.

Support for Local Culture and Sport

3 February 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed to reprofiling the Support for Local Culture and Sport budget expenditure line to reflect changes in priority projects and funding for the Football Museum for Wales in 2025 to 2026.

Funding Cardiff & Vale University Health Board

30 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved to fund Cardiff and Vale University Health Board in the amount of £6,923,683.00 advanced capital in 2024 to 2025 to develop a large-scale decarbonisation programme.

Funding for Powys Teaching Health Board

30 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed total capital funding of £3,624,397 in 2024 to 2025 and £643,414 in 2025 to 2026.

Sustainable Farming Scheme

30 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the approach for the modelling of the Sustainable Farming Scheme.

Pharmacy and Prescribing Policy Development Budget

30 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has approved proposals for a programme of work for the Pharmacy and Prescribing Policy Development budget for 2025 to 2026.

�ʶ����� Medium Capital Grant - Blaenau Gwent - Project Variation

30 January 2025

The First Minister has approved the project variation from Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council regarding the New �ʶ����� Medium Primary School project.

Heading – Community-led Housing – Revenue Funding

30 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to award revenue funding to continue supporting Cwmpas in bringing forward and assisting Community Led Housing in 2025 to 2026.

Hywel Dda University Health Board – Main Chilled Water Plant, Withybush General Hospital

30 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care approved advice concerning the funding of a replacement main chilled water plant at Withybush General Hospital.

Appointment of British Tourist Authority Board member

29 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has appointed Michael Bewick as the Board member representing Wales on the British Tourist Authority Board.

Appointment of Board Member to Social Care Wales Board

29 January 2025

The Minister for Children and Social Care has appointed Neil Ayling as Board Member to Social Care Wales Board for 4 years from 01 April 2025 to 31 March 2029.

Wales Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Animal Health Delivery Group

29 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to establishing a new Wales Antimicrobial Resistance Animal Health Group which met for the first time in December.

Funding to support the continued delivery of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) work

29 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to continue funding delivery of Wales Antimicrobial Resistance work in line with the UK National Action Plan for AMR 2024 to 2029. The procurement process for continued delivery of Wales animal health AMR work can proceed.

Mental Health funding

28 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed allocation of mental health funding for 2025 to 2026.

Housing with Care Fund – Project Proposals

28 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has approved £2,139,023 from the Housing with Care Fund for six schemes across three regions of Wales.

Extension of Help to Stay Wales Scheme

28 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to an extension of the Help to Stay Wales scheme for an additional year to March 2026.

Digital in planning - funding to develop digital efficiency and skills in Local Planning

28 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to provide £120,000 in financial year 2024 to 2025 and agreed in principle to funding of £260,000 in financial year 2025 to 2026, for the Centre for Digital Public Services.  This funding will be used to assist Local Planning Authorities in improving the delivery of digital services.  

Extension of Digital Confidence, Health and Wellbeing programme

28 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed the short extension of the Digital Communities Wales: Digital Confidence, Health and Wellbeing programme.

Options for Responding to UK Government Regulations on Precision Bred Organisms

28 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed how discussions with the UK Government about the regulation of Precision Bred organisms will be taken forward and how �ʶ�����will handle their regulation in Wales while these discussions are happening.

Coal tip safety schemes

28 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved capital funding proposals totalling £9.461million from Natural Resources Wales, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council and Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council to undertake remediation works on coal tips for the financial year 2025 to 2026.

Resources for plant health and chemicals policy work

28 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to allocate funding to provide one additional member of staff to work on the policy implications and eventual implementation requirements of any emerging UK-EU agreement.

Joint working to improve Lobster and Decapod welfare

28 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to joint working with Defra, the other Devolved Governments and industry stakeholders to develop non-statutory guidance on killing lobsters and other decapod crustaceans.

Independent Appeals Process for Rural Grants and Payments

27 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to accept the Independent Appeals Panel recommendation to reject an appeal against the �ʶ����� Government’s decision to reject a Glastir Advanced Capital Works claim, received after the deadline of 28 January 2019.

Independent Appeals Process for Rural Grants and Payments

27 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister, Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to accept the accept the Independent Appeals Panel recommendation to reject an appeal against the �ʶ����� Government’s decision to clawback 17 Basic Payment Scheme entitlements to the National Reserve, as they were not used for two consecutive years in 2018 and 2019.

Update on the Digital Priorities Investment Fund

27 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have approved advice on the Financial Year 2024 to 2025 reallocation of funding to meet Digital Priorities Investment Fund programme pressures.

Independent Appeals Process for Rural Grants and Payments

27 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister / Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to accept the Independent Appeals Panel recommendation to accept an appeal against the �ʶ����� Government’s decision to cap the Co-operative Forest Planning claim for ‘the habitat evaluation and deep peat survey’.

General Dental Services Contract Reform Consultation Options

23 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care approved advice concerning General Dental Services Contract Reform for 2026 to 2027 to proceed with public and professional consultation.

Funding to Stena line

23 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for the Economy, Energy and Planning agreed to offer £102,272 to Stena Line Ports Limited towards the total project costs.

Site Investigations and Masterplanning, Plot C2 Celtic Lakes, Newport

23 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to the expenditure of up to £1.5 million on fees for site investigation, masterplanning, planning and property agents for Plot C2 Celtic Lakes, Newport, and the inclusion of the land at Berryhill Farm in the masterplanning exercise for Celtic Lakes and wider area.

Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management workforce and workshop

23 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to meet with relevant Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management experts, in a face to face, workshop style forum, in mid-February 2025.

Keep Wales Tidy - Grant funding

23 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved £1.2million in funding for the 2025 to 2026 financial year to support the delivery of local environment quality improvement work across communities in Wales.

Planning Permission

22 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has granted planning permission, subject to conditions for a Development of National Significance for a solar farm (Parc Worlton Solar Farm) on land at St Lythans, Vale of Glamorgan.

Public Sector Low Carbon Heat Grant - approval for multi-year funding

22 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to commit up to £2 million of capital funding from the £11.25million Wales Funding Programme core capital budget for 2025 to 2026, to the second round in January 2025.

Investment Panel meeting of 5 November 2024

21 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed Economy Futures Funding for a project in Torfaen.

Appointing a new CEO to Hybu Cig Cymru

21 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to appoint José Peralta as the new Chief Executive of Hybu Cig Cymru.

Shore-based netting in Wales - Call for Evidence Launch

21 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister has agreed to hold a call for evidence for a period of 6 weeks from 20 January 2025 to gather information about shore-based netting activity in Wales and to publish the review of shore-based netting in Wales.

Re-Appointment and Extension of Non-Executive Members to �ʶ����� Revenue Authority (WRA)

21 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language has re-appointed Mary Champion and Rheon Tomos as Non-Executive Members of the WRA, from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2027, and agreed the extension of Jim Scopes as Non-Executive Member of the WRA, from 01 January 2025 to 31 December 2025.

Upgrade of Power Infrastructure, Bro Tathan

21 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has approved continued work on infrastructure improvement in the Vale of Glamorgan.

Learn �ʶ����� provision

20 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language agreed for officials to begin the work of ensuring that there is no disruption to the delivery of Learn �ʶ����� provision when the current grant arrangements for the National Centre for Learning �ʶ����� comes to an end on 31 July 2027.

Rural Housing support

20 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government has agreed to awarding revenue funding to continue supporting the Rural Housing Enabler programme in 2025 to 2026.

Funding for post-16 programme(s)

20 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has approved funding for post-16 programme(s) of study at specialist Further Education establishments.

Publication of the GB-wide zoo standards

20 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has approved the publication of the Standards of Modern Zoo Practice for Great Britain. 

�ʶ����� Fisheries Animateur Pilot

16 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the introduction of a �ʶ����� Fisheries Animateur Pilot Scheme.

�ʶ����� Marine & Fisheries Scheme funding round 5

16 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and the Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to the identified priorities for funding round 5 of the �ʶ����� Marine and Fisheries Scheme and the allocation of £1.4million to support the round.

Integration and Rebalancing Capital Fund Programme

16 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care, the Minister for Children and Social Services and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed funding for four proposals under the Integration and Rebalancing Capital Fund.

Gateway Assurance Activity

15 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language has agreed to provide £100,000 for gateway assurance activity from 2024 to 2025.

Emergency funding support for Local Authorities (Storm Bert & Darragh)

15 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs, along with the Cabinet Secretaries for Housing and Local Government, and Finance and �ʶ����� Language, have agreed to provide up to £8.12 million in capital grant funding for 2024 to 2025. This funding will be available to applicants for urgent repairs to Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management assets impacted by Storms Bert and Darragh, with the aim of reducing risk to properties.

Continuation of the TfW Secondment Programme

15 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales has agreed the continuation of an exchange programme for staff between Transport for Wales and the �ʶ�����in 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027.

Road Asset Adoption

15 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Transport and North Wales has agreed a commuted sum payment in respect of road asset adoption in South Wales.

Cymraeg 2050

15 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language has agreed a total indicative budget of £57.2 million for Cymraeg 2050 for the year 2025 to 2026.

Business & Regions Payments – January & February 2025

15 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed the total expenditure of £73,204.54 (including VAT) for current Business & Regions programme arrangements.

Supporting the Development of the National Seagrass Action Plan

15 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs agreed to awarding funding for a 15-month full time project coordinator post within Project Seagrass to develop the National Seagrass Action Plan including its governance structure.

Sustainable Communities for Learning - Community Focused Schools Capital Grant - December 2024

15 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education approved to support a project variation request for Conwy’s Ysgol y Creuddyn project and funding request for Carmarthenshire’s Ysgol Glan y Mor 3G pitch project.

Minimum statutory recycling target

13 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to waive the fine of £663,000 for 2021 to 2022 for Flintshire.

Minimum statutory recycling target

13 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to waive the fine of £121,000 for 2021 to 2022 Isle of Anglesey County Council.

Minimum statutory recycling target

13 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to waive the fine of £119,000 for the 2021 to 2022 target year for Torfaen.

Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Rates Relief Scheme – Guidance for Local Authorities

13 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language has approved the 2025 to 2026 Retail, Leisure and Hospitality Rates Relief guidance.

The Future of the Healthy Ageing Programme

9 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed to an extension of the Healthy Ageing Programme grant to Age Cymru totalling £207,000 from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026, and has agreed to a proportionate review of the programme outcomes being undertaken at a cost of no more than £30k to inform advice on longer-term decision making.

Tech Valleys Funding to support Business Growth

9 January 2025

The Minister for Economy, Transport and North Wales has agreed funding as part of the Tech Valleys programme to enhance business growth, productivity, innovation, and energy efficiency across the Tech Valleys region.

Joint working to improve sheep welfare

9 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to joint working with Defra, the Scottish Government and industry stakeholders to develop proposals for simplifying and updating the legislation on castration and tail docking for the welfare of lambs.

Investment Panel meeting of 26 November 2024  

9 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed Economy Futures Funding for a project in Rhondda Cynon Taf.

Investment Panel Meeting of 19th November 2024

9 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have agreed Economy Futures Creative Production Funding for a project in North West Wales.

NHS Capital Prioritisation Phase 2 Scheme specific elements of the Capital Plan

9 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed for NHS Wales organisations to further develop specific capital proposals over 2025 to 2026 and 2026 to 2027.Funding for Local Food Partnerships

8 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed funding of £300,000 (Capital) to continue to support food poverty through the Local Food Partnerships in Wales in 2024 to 2025.

Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring and Modelling Programme

8 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to extend the Environment and Rural Affairs Monitoring and Modelling Programme contract from 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2026 to secure monitoring, modelling, evidence and analysis provision to support the Climate Change and Rural Affairs portfolio.

Introduction of Strategic Resource Areas

8 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to introduce Strategic Resource Areas for tidal stream energy.

Purchase of Beauhurst Company Database Licences

8 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed to funding up to £104,878 in financial year 2024 to 2025, to invest in licences for a Business Intelligence Tool, namely Beauhurst.

Ministerial Advisory Group Visits to Health Boards

8 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care has agreed visits to health boards in January 2025 by the Ministerial Advisory Group for NHS Wales Performance and Productivity.

�ʶ����� Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Service programme funding for 2025 to 2026

7 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have approved advice concerning funding for Velindre NHS Trust �ʶ����� Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics Service programme.

Funding and launch of the Food Business Accelerator Scheme

7 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to a funding allocation of £5million from the Rural Investment Scheme budget for the Financial Year 2025 to 2026 to launch the Food Business Accelerator Capital Grant Scheme. The scheme will launch in February 2025 and funding will be available from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026.

Proposals to support the Healthy Eating Regulations and maximise potential of the Universal Primary Free School Meals offer

7 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Education has agreed to allocate funding to appoint/extend two local authority secondees aimed at strengthening Food in Schools policy development and Universal Primary Free School Meals delivery. The Cabinet Secretary has also agreed to allocate funding to deliver a public consultation and support implementation of legislative changes arising from the review of the Healthy Eating in Schools (Nutritional Standards and Requirements) (Wales) Regulations 2013.

LGBTQ+ action plan

6 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has approved funding for a three year LGBTQ+ action plan evaluation.

Alcohol Change UK

6 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Mental Health and Wellbeing have agreed the continuation of funding for Alcohol Change UK.

Building regulations

6 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has agreed the government response to the consultation on amendments to Part B (Fire Safety) of the Building Regulations.

Gypsy and Traveller Sites grant

6 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip approved a funding proposal from Conwy to a value of £66,646 in 2024 to 2025.

Wind farm

6 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning has granted planning permission, subject to conditions for up to 6 wind turbines, associated infrastructure at land north of Tonmawr, Neath Port Talbot.

Legislative Options Working Group

6 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip has agreed to allocate funding to the Wales Council for Voluntary Action to assist the Legislative Options Working Group in carrying out its analysis of Articles of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabled People and the UN Convention for the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women.

�ʶ����� Revenue Authority

3 January 2024

The Cabinet Secretary for Finance and �ʶ����� Language agreed the reappointment of Mary Champion and Rheon Tomos, and an extension to the appointment of Jim Scopes, as Non-Executive Members of the Board of the �ʶ����� Revenue Authority.

Marketing activities

3 January 2025

The Cabinet Secretary's for Economy, Energy and Planning, and, Finance, and �ʶ����� Language, and the Minister for Culture, Skills and Social Partnership have approved expenditure to deliver marketing and communications activities to support the Programme for Government commitments for the skills, employability, and post-16 education sectors

FareShare Cymru

3 January 2025

The Deputy First Minister and Cabinet Secretary for Climate Change and Rural Affairs has agreed to extend the funding of FareShare Cymru for the financial year 2025 to 2026.