Will the Minister provide a breakdown of all monies spent by the Welsh Government on its proposals to set up Banc Cambria and the businesses and organisations to which these monies were paid?
Total funding for external costs over the duration of the project, to date amounts to £205k. Of this, £165k was spent with Cambria Cydfuddiannol Ltd (CCL ltd) CCL during phase 1 of the project, followed by a further £40k in 23/24.
No funds have been provided through the life of the project to Monmouthshire Building Society (MBS) who, as the implementing organisation and potential operator, absorbed staff and project costs. Despite the announcement that MBS have stopped their activity on Community Bank, the work undertaken to date by CCL is not nugatory and may be of direct value to any future delivery proposals.