Health and Social Services Portfolio

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 24 January 2018.

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Photo of Angela Burns Angela Burns Conservative 2:00, 24 January 2018

Thank you for that answer, Cabinet Secretary. I'm actually seeking clarity on the process that you use to determine budget allocations. I listened to your previous answer to the spokesman for Plaid Cymru. I'm not so interested in how you measure the outcomes that the Cabinet Secretary for health is so obviously responsible for, but rather how you yourself will actually determine the percentage of the Government's overall budget. What assumptions do you use? For example, do you simply say, 'Last year, you had x billion pounds; I'm going to add in an inflationary percentage and that's what you get', or do you look at the business case that has been built financially from the ground up and then assess on that balance? And, if you do, are those assumptions in the public domain?