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Maintaining a positive and collegiate relationship between the Welsh Government and our sponsored bodies enables us to work together to deliver the best possible services to the people of Wales.  

  

Each year, I issue a Remit Letter to each sponsored body within my portfolio setting out the Government’s policy aims and areas for key performance indicators for the coming financial year. The body then prepares an annual operational plan setting out the level of service to be achieved in key areas, and the performance and output information that shall be collected to monitor progress, which is submitted for my approval. Progress against the Plan and performance indicators is regularly monitored by myself and my officials throughout the year.  

  

Under the Framework Document, each body has its own Chief Executive who is, by convention, also the Accounting Officer for the organisation.  Sponsored bodies’ Boards are accountable to Ministers for achieving defined objectives, ensuring high quality corporate governance, and for oversight of the sponsored body’s executive, including the Chief Executive.  Governance and the internal control regime of a sponsored body is a matter primarily for the Board. As a Government, we rely in particular on the reports of the internal and external auditors for assurance. In addition, the Welsh Government has the right and responsibility to become more involved in particular issues when required.  

  

Each sponsored body has its own individual Framework Document, adapted from a central template, which takes account of the particular circumstances of the individual body, including its primary role and objectives under its governing document and statutory obligations under UK and Welsh legislation.  Clear roles and expectations for everyone involved in the sponsorship relationship (including Ministers, Chairs, Boards, Chief Executives, Accounting Officers, sponsorship departments and auditors) are set out in the document.  

  

The sponsored bodies listed above receive the majority of their funding from the Welsh Government. The nature of the relationship between the Welsh Government and each sponsored body is defined in a Framework Document, which is the agreement setting out the terms and conditions under which public funding is provided.    

  

Those particular sponsored bodies which are also registered charities, or established under Royal Charter, are required to comply with the terms of the Charter, Charity Law and guidance issued by the Charity Commission.    

  

Sponsored bodies have expertise and experience in specialist areas, and are valued partners who support and contribute towards many Welsh Government strategic initiatives and programmes.  In terms of governance, they have separate Chairs and Boards appointed in accordance with the Code of Practice for Ministerial Appointments to Public Bodies.  

  

The Welsh Government has a number of sponsored bodies (WGSBs), four of which fall within my portfolio, namely Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, Arts Council of Wales, the National Library of Wales and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. There is a common relationship in place between the Welsh Government and all of its WGSBs, and therefore the general principles in this statement will also apply to other WGSBs.  

  

This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed.  Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.  

  

Following Julie Morgan’s question to the Leader of the House in Plenary on 5 July, I have prepared the following statement to clarify the relationship between the Welsh Government and its sponsored bodies.


 


 


 







Translation:


 
  
Trwy gynnal perthynas bositif a chydweithredol rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a’r cyrff a noddir gennym, gallwn weithio i sicrhau’r gwasanaeth gorau posibl i bobl Cymru.   
  
Bob blwyddyn, rwy’n anfon Llythyr Cylch Gwaith at bob corff noddedig yn fy mhortffolio i nodi amcanion polisi’r Llywodraeth a meysydd dangosyddion perfformiad y flwyddyn ariannol i ddod.  Bydd y corff wedyn yn paratoi cynllun gweithredol am y flwyddyn gan nodi’r lefel gwasanaeth y disgwylir iddo ei chyflawni ym mhob prif faes, a gwybodaeth am berfformiad a chanlyniadau a gesglir i fonitro cynnydd ac a gyflwynir imi eu cymeradwyo. Byddaf i a’m swyddogion yn monitro cynnydd ar sail y Cynllun a’r dangosyddion perfformiad yn rheolaidd gydol y flwyddyn.   
  
O dan y Ddogfen Fframwaith, mae gan bob corff ei Brif Weithredwr ei hun sydd trwy gonfensiwn, hefyd yn Swyddog Cyfrifon y corff hwnnw.  Mae Byrddau cyrff noddedig yn atebol i Weinidogion am gyflawni amcanion penodol, llywodraethu at ansawdd uchel ac am oruchwylio prif swyddogion y corff noddedig, gan gynnwys y Prif Weithredwr.  Mater yn bennaf i’r Bwrdd yw trefniadau rheoli mewnol y corff noddedig.  Fel Llywodraeth, rydym yn dibynnu yn arbennig ar adroddiadau’r archwilwyr mewnol ac allanol am wybodaeth.  Mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru yr hawl a’r cyfrifoldeb hefyd i gymryd awenau materion penodol pan fydd angen.   
  
Mae gan bob corff noddedig ei Ddogfen Fframwaith ei hun, sy’n seiliedig ar dempled canolog sy’n ystyried amgylchiadau penodol y corff unigol, gan gynnwys ei brif rôl ac amcanion yn unol â’i ddogfen lywodraethu a’i ymrwymiadau statudol o dan Ddeddfwriaeth y DU a Chymru.  Mae’r ddogfen yn disgrifio hefyd rolau a’r hyn a ddisgwylir gan pawb sy’n gysylltiedig â’r corff noddedig (gan gynnwys Gweinidogion, Cadeiryddion, Byrddau, Prif Weithredwyr, Swyddogion Cyfrif, adrannau noddi ac archwilwyr).   
  
Mae’r cyrff noddedig a restrir uchod yn cael eu hariannu gan fwyaf gan Lywodraeth Cymru.  Diffinnir natur y berthynas rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a phob corff noddedig mewn Dogfen Fframwaith, sy’n gytundeb sy’n gosod allan yr amodau a thelerau ar gyfer talu arian cyhoeddus iddo.   
  
Mae gofyn i’r cyrff noddedig sydd hefyd yn elusennau cofrestredig neu a sefydlwyd o dan Siarter Brenhinol gydymffurfio â thelerau’r Siarter, Cyfraith Elusennau a’r arweiniad a gyhoeddir gan y Comisiwn Elusennau.   
  
Mae gan y cyrff noddedig arbenigedd a phrofiad mewn meysydd arbenigol, ac maen nhw’n bartneriaid gwerthfawr sy’n cefnogi ac yn cyfrannu at fentrau a rhaglenni strategol Llywodraeth Cymru.  O safbwynt eu llywodraethu, mae ganddynt Gadeiryddion a Byrddau ar wahân sydd wedi’u penodi yn unol â’r Cod Ymarfer ar gyfer Penodiadau gan Weinidogion i Gyrff Cyhoeddus.    
  
Mae gan Lywodraeth Cymru nifer o gyrff a noddir ganddi, gyda phedwar ohonyn nhw’n rhan o’m portffolio i, sef Amgueddfa Cymru, Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru a Chomisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru.  Mae perthynas gyffredin wedi’i llunio rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru a’r holl gyrff a noddir ganddi.  Felly bydd yr egwyddorion cyffredinol a drafodir yn y datganiad hwn yn gymwys hefyd i’r cyrff eraill a noddir gan y Llywodraeth.   
  
Rwy’n cyhoeddi’r datganiad hwn yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi gwybodaeth i aelodau. Os carai aelodau imi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau am y pwnc wedi i’r Cynulliad ailddechrau, byddwn yn fwy na pharod i wneud.   
  
Yn dilyn cwestiwn Julie Morgan i Arweinydd y Tŷ yn y Cyfarfod Llawn ar 5 Gorffennaf, rwyf wedi paratoi’r datganiad canlynol i esbonio’r berthynas rhwng Llywodraeth Cymru â’i chyrff noddedig.