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This Written Statement updates Members on the development of regulations relating to the Subsidy Control Act 2022\.


On 17 October 2022 the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) shared an update on the four Statutory Instruments accompanying the Subsidy Control Act 2022 yet to be laid before Parliament. As part of this update BEIS shared the final draft of the ‘The Subsidy Control (Subsidy Database Information Requirements) Regulations 2022’.


These regulations outline the information on subsidy schemes and applicable awards which must be made public on the UK subsidy transparency database, as well as further rules in relation to the publication of information on applicable Minimal Financial Assistance (MFA), Services of Public Economic Interest (SPEI) Assistance and tax schemes, and how modification of awards and schemes should be approached.


I have considered the need to lay a statutory instrument consent memorandum and have determined that this draft regulation does not engage either Standing Orders 30A or 30B. Nevertheless, these Regulations will significantly impact upon the devolved area of economic development as the requirements around transparency reporting are more onerous than those within the UK\-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) and under other international obligations. These Regulations also shorten the time window for publication in a compliant manner, increasing the reporting burden placed upon public authorities beyond that required by either the UK\-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement or the EU State aid rules. This will significantly affect resourcing and grant processes, placing additional burden on Welsh public authorities in the process of awarding efficient and effective subsidies that support the economic development of Wales.


Further, the enabling power in s34 of the Subsidy Control Act 2022 (which was Clause 33 during the Bill process) was one of the provisions subject to the Legislative Consent Motion of July 2021 where the Senedd refused consent as “the provisions impact the devolved area of economic development and functions are imposed on Devolved Welsh Authorities in relation to subsidies.” I therefore felt it appropriate to bring this matter to the attention of the Senedd.







Translation:


 
Mae’r Datganiad Ysgrifenedig hwn yn rhoi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i’r Aelodau am ddatblygiad rheoliadau yn ymwneud â Deddf Rheoli Cymorthdaliadau 2022\.


Ar 17 Hydref 2022 rhannodd yr Adran Busnes, Ynni a Strategaeth Ddiwydiannol yr wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y pedwar Offeryn Statudol cysylltiedig â Deddf Rheoli Cymorthdaliadau 2022 nad ydynt eto wedi’u gosod gerbron Senedd y DU. Roedd hyn yn cynnwys rhannu’r drafft terfynol o ‘Reoliadau Rheoli Cymorthdaliadau (Gofynion Gwybodaeth y Gronfa Ddata Cymorthdaliadau) 2022’.


Mae’r Rheoliadau hyn yn amlinellu’r wybodaeth am gynlluniau cymorthdaliadau a dyfarniadau perthnasol y mae rhaid ei chyhoeddi yng nghronfa ddata tryloywder cymorthdaliadau’r DU, yn ogystal â rheolau pellach mewn perthynas â chyhoeddi gwybodaeth am Gymorth Ariannol Lleiaf (MFA), Gwasanaethau o Fudd Economaidd Cyhoeddus (SPEI) a chynlluniau treth perthnasol, a sut y dylid ymdrin ag addasu dyfarniadau a chynlluniau.


Rwyf wedi ystyried yr angen i osod memorandwm cydsyniad offeryn statudol ac wedi dod i’r casgliad nad yw’r rheoliad drafft hwn yn ymgysylltu â Rheol Sefydlog 30A na Rheol Sefydlog 30B. Serch hynny, bydd y Rheoliadau hyn yn effeithio’n sylweddol ar faes datganoledig datblygu economaidd gan fod y gofynion ar gyfer adrodd am dryloywder yn fwy beichus na’r gofynion yng Nghytundeb Masnach a Chydweithredu DU\-UE a rhwymedigaethau rhyngwladol eraill. Mae’r Rheoliadau hyn hefyd yn cwtogi’r cyfnod amser ar gyfer cyhoeddi mewn modd sy’n cydymffurfio, gan gynyddu’r baich adrodd a roddir ar awdurdodau cyhoeddus y tu hwnt i’r hyn sy’n ofynnol o dan Gytundeb Masnach a Chydweithredu DU\-UE neu reolau Cymorth Gwladwriaethol yr UE. Bydd hyn yn effeithio’n sylweddol ar adnoddau a phrosesau grantiau, gan roi baich ychwanegol ar awdurdodau cyhoeddus Cymru wrth iddynt ddyfarnu cymorthdaliadau effeithlon ac effeithiol sy’n cefnogi datblygiad economaidd Cymru.


At hynny, roedd y pŵer galluogi yn adran 34 o Ddeddf Rheoli Cymorthdaliadau 2022 (sef Cymal 33 yn ystod proses y Bil) yn un o’r darpariaethau a oedd dan sylw yn y Cynnig Cydsyniad Deddfwriaethol ym mis Gorffennaf 2021 pan wrthododd Senedd Cymru roi cydsyniad oherwydd bod y “darpariaethau'n effeithio ar faes datganoledig datblygu economaidd a chaiff swyddogaethau eu gosod ar Awdurdodau Datganoledig yng Nghymru mewn perthynas â chymorthdaliadau.” Roeddwn felly’n teimlo ei bod yn briodol tynnu sylw’r Senedd at y mater hwn.