7. Welsh Conservatives Debate: Local Government funding

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:30 pm on 16 February 2022.

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Photo of Sam Rowlands Sam Rowlands Conservative 5:30, 16 February 2022

Can I make a brief intervention here? Thank you. You pointed out there that the formula is driven by data. Would you accept, though, as I pointed out, that some of the data points—actually, quite a few of the data points—are clearly very far out of date? And, actually, a piece of work needs to be done, at the very least, to make sure that the data you're using, and Government is using, to fund councils is accurate and as up to date as possible.