Webinar: Why using data effectively enables better decision making

No

The Well-being of the Future Generations Act wants us to think and act differently, and this means using different data and thinking about the data we use differently to help drive our decision making.

The skills of deciding what data you need, how to collect it and then what to do with that data are a necessity. We need to change the culture and mind set around data and build the skills within teams, within organisations and within multi-agency partnerships to maximise our use of data and to enable data driven decision making.

A productive year for public audit in Wales

No

Our joint Annual Report and Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2018 has now been published, and will be the last for the current Auditor General before he retires. It shows that, thanks to the professionalism, dedication and hard work of Wales Audit Office staff, we successfully delivered our broad programme of work to a high quality standard.

We achieved the majority of our performance targets for the year and made substantial progress on our longer-term priorities for transforming the way we run our business and delivering our audit programme.

The Welsh Government’s relationship with Pinewood

No

It sets out the facts associated with the Collaboration Agreement entered into by both parties in February 2014 to promote TV and film production in Wales. The report also sets out the facts leading to the termination of that agreement, together with details of the successor Management Services Agreement that commenced in November 2017.

Auditor General receives CBE in Queen’s honours list

No

The Auditor General for Wales, Huw Vaughan Thomas, has been awarded a CBE in the Queen’s birthday honours list.

He has been made Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for his services to public audit and accountability in Wales”

Huw Vaughan Thomas, who retires in July, has been Auditor General for Wales for nearly 8 years. He has spent nearly 5 decades working in public service, with previous roles including the Department of Employment Director for Wales and Chief Executive of Gwynedd and Denbighshire councils.