Will the Commission set out the cost, budget and staffing structure of the Senedd's Wellness Team?
Llywydd on behalf of the Senedd Commission:
Employee wellbeing is a priority area for our staff, supported through the wider work of the Commission and regarded as a shared responsibility across the organisation, including by senior leaders, managers and employees.
The Senedd Commission does not have a dedicated ‘Wellness Team’. The Commission’s specific activity in this area sits within the HR Operations team, and forms part of the remit of one post (0.8 FTE). The estimated annual employment cost of the 0.8 FTE post is £56,374.44; the ‘wellbeing’ activity will therefore form a proportion, but not all, of that overall cost.
Similarly, there is no dedicated ‘wellness’ budget. For 2026/27, the relevant budgets which may support wellbeing-related activity are the one which covers a range of occupational health, employee assistance programme and associated operational requirements, at £65,538, and the Equipment budget of £20,000, which is for the provision of DSE equipment and reasonable physical adjustments.