National Assembly for Wales

A representative from the Welsh Government’s France office will attend the Festival Interceltique de Lorient, and attend official festival events, including taking part in an event led by the Regional Council of Brittany focused on diaspora. Welsh activities at the festival will again be promoted through the Welsh Government’s social media channels.

The festival is part of a much wider relationship we have with the Brittany region. Our Memorandum of Understanding with Brittany marks 20-years of a formal relationship. Cultural co-operation is one of the priorities of that agreement, and last year we welcomed the President of Brittany to Wales to mark this historic moment.

A breakdown of the funding awarded to Global Wales by financial year from 2015 until 2025 is provided below:

Our aim is to ensure people of all ages living with or affected by a neurological condition have timely and equitable access to high quality services to enable them to live their best lives. NHS organisations are responsible for the planning and delivery of services for people with neurological conditions.

The Welsh Government has set clear vision and expectations for NHS organisations in A Healthier Wales, the National Clinical Framework (NCF), and through a range of quality statements, including The Quality Statement for Neurological Conditions. NHS organisations are supported by NHS Wales Performance and Improvement and its national networks and programmes. These include the Strategic Clinical Network for Neurological Conditions (SCNNC) and the Strategic Programme for Primary Care (SPPC). The establishment of these arrangements and their respective work plans, alongside other mechanisms such as the NHS Wales Planning Framework 2025 to 2028, allow us to strengthen system levers for effective delivery of NHS services and improvement activity. They also support a national strategic approach to service delivery, including opportunities for regional working, as set out in my speech to the NHS  Confederation on 7 April.

The SCNNC is working with health boards and Health Education Improvement Wales to establish the status of the neurology workforce; this is key to planning future pathways and models of care for people with neurological conditions. The work to date has been celebrated as an exemplar project across the four nations by the Association of British Neurologists.

Community Health Pathways is a resource available throughout Wales to improve communication, knowledge and education across primary and secondary care. It ensures referrals are appropriate, and that primary care can provide the maximum care to people close to their homes. The SCNNC and Community Health Pathways team are collaborating to develop a range of neurology symptom-based pathways.

Our aim is to ensure people of all ages living with or affected by a neurological condition have timely and equitable access to high quality services to enable them to live their best lives. NHS organisations are responsible for the planning and delivery of services for people with neurological conditions.

The Welsh Government has set clear vision and expectations for NHS organisations in A Healthier Wales, the National Clinical Framework (NCF), and through a range of quality statements, including The Quality Statement for Neurological Conditions. NHS organisations are supported by NHS Wales Performance and Improvement and its national networks and programmes. These include the Strategic Clinical Network for Neurological Conditions (SCNNC) and the Strategic Programme for Primary Care (SPPC). The establishment of these arrangements and their respective work plans, alongside other mechanisms such as the NHS Wales Planning Framework 2025 to 2028, allow us to strengthen system levers for effective delivery of NHS services and improvement activity. They also support a national strategic approach to service delivery, including opportunities for regional working, as set out in my speech to the NHS  Confederation on 7 April.

The SCNNC is working with health boards and Health Education Improvement Wales to establish the status of the neurology workforce; this is key to planning future pathways and models of care for people with neurological conditions. The work to date has been celebrated as an exemplar project across the four nations by the Association of British Neurologists.

Community Health Pathways is a resource available throughout Wales to improve communication, knowledge and education across primary and secondary care. It ensures referrals are appropriate, and that primary care can provide the maximum care to people close to their homes. The SCNNC and Community Health Pathways team are collaborating to develop a range of neurology symptom-based pathways.

The Arts Council of Wales (ACW) is the Welsh Government delivery partner for arts funding and policy in Wales. The Welsh Government has welcomed ACW’s response to the report and we will monitor progress in its implementation of the report's recommendations. 

Transport for Wales have made significant progress upgrading the Core Valley Lines following our over £1bn investment. This has enabled brand-new electric trains to run on the network for the first time ever as part of our £800m investment in new rolling stock. Transport for Wales remain on course to increase service frequency on the Core Valley Lines following the roll-out of Stadler Class 398 tram-trains from next year.

Transport for Wales develops a detailed plan for each major event in collaboration with the local council, event planners and other key stakeholders. This ensures that passengers can travel safely to and from major events all across Wales.

Newport City Council has indicated to my officials that the total expected cost for the redevelopment of Old Green roundabout in Newport is £35 million.

We are developing plans to allow Corporate Joint Committees (CJCs) to decide how to allocate Welsh Government transport grants for local authority schemes such as Old Green roundabout. I will invite the Corporate Joint Committees to submit their programmes for 2026-27 by January 2026 in time to award funding prior to the start of the next financial year.