DOCSLIB.ORG

Download PDF [215.71

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Download PDF [215.71 Annual Improvement Report Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council January 2011 Annual Improvement Report by the Auditor General for Wales This report is written by the Wales Audit Office on behalf of the Auditor General for Wales. (An explanation of what the Auditor General does is at Appendix 1). It is a new report that he is required to publish about how well Welsh councils are improving their services. With help from other inspectors like Estyn (for education) and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate for Wales, we have brought together a picture of what the council is trying to achieve; how it is going about it; and what it needs to do to improve its approach to improving services. This Annual Improvement Report sets out that picture and each year we will produce a report to let you know what progress Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (the Council) has made. We have not covered all the services the Council provides. We have focused on a small number of things, especially those things that the Council has said are its priorities for improvement. We want to find out what you think of the services the Council is providing in your area and will be giving you an opportunity to comment in the future. In the meantime we would like to know whether this report gives you the information you need, and whether it is easy to understand. You can let us know your views by emailing us at [email protected] or writing to us at 24, Cathedral Road, Cardiff CF11 9LJ. The Wales Audit Office study team that assisted in preparing this report comprised Alastair McQuaid and Nick Selwyn under the direction of Jane Holownia. This report has been prepared by the Wales Audit Office on behalf of the Auditor General for Wales as required by the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009. The Auditor General for Wales assesses the compliance of Welsh improvement authorities (county councils, county borough councils, national park authorities and fire and rescue authorities) with the improvement requirements of Part 1 of the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009. The Auditor General for Wales and his staff together comprise the Wales Audit Office. For further information about the Wales Audit Office please write to the Auditor General at 24 Cathedral Road, Cardiff, CF11 9LJ. Telephone 029 2032 0500, email: [email protected], or see website www.wao.gov.uk. © Auditor General for Wales, 2011 You may re-use this publication (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium. You must re-use it accurately and not in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Auditor General for Wales copyright and you must give the title of this publication. Where we have identified any third party copyright material you will need to obtain permission from the copyright holders concerned before re-use. Contents What kind of area is Blaenau Gwent? 04 Is Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council well managed? 05 Does Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council know what it needs to do to improve? 08 Is Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council serving people well? 11 Is Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council supporting people in need? 12 Is Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council helping people to develop? 19 Is Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council helping create a safe, prosperous and pleasant place to live? 21 What should Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council do? 26 Appendices Appendix 1 - About the Auditor General for Wales and this report 28 Appendix 2 - Useful information about Blaenau Gwent and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 30 Appendix 3 - The Auditor General’s Corporate Assessment 31 Appendix 4 - Appointed Auditor’s Annual Audit Letter to the Members of Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 32 Appendix 5 - Blaenau Gwent County Borough improvement objectives 35 Appendix 6 - References 36 03 Annual Improvement Report - Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council What kind of area is Blaenau Gwent? 1 Blaenau Gwent covers an area of 109 km2 and is 4 The demise of traditional steel and coal industries the smallest local authority area in Wales, has left the county borough with the highest accounting for 0.5 per cent of the total area of unemployment levels in Wales at 35.2 per cent. Wales. Blaenau Gwent borders the unitary The number of job seekers allowance claimants authority areas of Monmouthshire and Torfaen to has doubled in the last five years. Average weekly the east, Caerphilly to the west and Powys to the earnings in Blaenau Gwent in 2009 were £439, the north. Its main towns are Abertillery, Brynmawr, fourth lowest in Wales. Nearly a third of pupils in Ebbw Vale and Tredegar. Blaenau Gwent aged between 5 and 15 years old are entitled to free school meals, the highest 2 Based on the latest mid-year estimate (2009), the proportion in Wales1. population of Blaenau Gwent is 68,630 living in approximately 30,619 households. In terms of population size it is the second smallest Welsh local authority. Just over 18 per cent of the population is aged 16 or under. A similar but increasing proportion is aged 56 and over. Projections show that the population of Blaenau Gwent, which has declined in recent years, will increase by just over four per cent to 71,399 by 2033. 3 The area presents many significant challenges to public services. Complex community needs create geographic area high levels of demand for services. Levels of social 2 and economic deprivation and poor health are 109 km amongst the worst in Wales. Female life ///////////// expectancy in Blaenau Gwent is 78.8 years, the lowest in Wales. The Welsh average is 81.4 years. Male life expectancy is 75.3 years, which is lower population than the Welsh average of 77.0 years and is the 68,630 second lowest in Wales. ///////////// 18% aged <16 18% aged >56 ///////////// 1 For further information about the area please see Appendix 2. 04 Annual Improvement Report - Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council Is Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council well managed? 5 In October of last year, the Wales Audit Office 9 Since we produced the Corporate Assessment produced a Corporate Assessment Report report, the Council has engaged external commenting on how Blaenau Gwent County consultants to help it improve how it plans its Borough Council (the Council) is organised and finances and also how the Council plans to use its managed. Our findings are set out in Appendix 3. assets. It has continued to improve how it gathers If you want to read the whole Corporate information from citizens on what is important to Assessment Report you can find it on the Council’s them, and has made some significant and website or on the Wales Audit Office website at politically-sensitive decisions that will help it to www.wao.gov.uk. make improvements in the future in relation to some key Council priorities. These include 6 The overall conclusion of that report was that: transferring housing stock, rationalising schools, ‘the Council can point to some necessary closing care homes, selectively switching off street improvements but is yet to develop the coherent lights and fortnightly residual waste collection. strategic approach needed to address the major challenges ahead’. 10 The pressure is growing on all public services to make the very best use of all their resources. The 7 In other words, whilst some services are auditor appointed by the Auditor General has given improving, the Council needs to be more his opinion on the Council’s accounts. His Annual systematic in choosing where it will focus efforts to Audit Letter, which provides information regarding make improvements where they matter most and the accounts, use of resources and the Council’s assess how it will cope with increasing demands Improvement Plan is included in this report in for services and reducing funding in the future. Appendix 4. 8 We highlighted the Council’s success in attracting 11 The money the Council spends comes mostly from funding to the area to support regeneration and central government which provides revenue and that it had been working hard to improve how it capital funding. Revenue funding pays for the manages its staff and involves citizens in planning services the Council provides and the staff the its services. We found that although some services Council employs. Capital funding is used to pay for manage their performance well, the Council infrastructure such as buildings, roads and large recognises that there are other parts of the Council equipment purchases. In addition to the money the where improvement is held back by traditional Council receives from central government, the approaches that need to change. The Council has Council raises funds through council tax and from strengthened how it makes and reviews decisions fees and charges. It may also generate some and holds people accountable for them but needs income from selling off surplus land and buildings to make sure that it does this more consistently. it owns. 05 Annual Improvement Report - Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council 12 The Council has to set a revenue budget to and £80 million per year. In-year capital manage within available funds at the beginning of expenditure for 2009-10 was £39.3 million. The each financial year. It then monitors actual Council has made use of other sources of funding expenditure against this. The Council has a good too, including using borrowing to support initiatives track record of managing within the budgets it sets. that require initial investment to realise savings Because it serves a relatively small population, later and also transferring its housing stock to the the total amount the Council spends on delivering private sector to gain access to the levels of services is low compared with other Welsh investment necessary to improve housing quality.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • On Parliamentary Representation)
    House of Commons Speaker's Conference (on Parliamentary Representation) Session 2008–09 Volume II Written evidence Ordered by The House of Commons to be printed 21 April 2009 HC 167 -II Published on 27 May 2009 by authority of the House of Commons London: The Stationery Office Limited £0.00 Speaker’s Conference (on Parliamentary Representation) The Conference secretariat will be able to make individual submissions available in large print or Braille on request. The Conference secretariat can be contacted on 020 7219 0654 or [email protected] On 12 November 2008 the House of Commons agreed to establish a new committee, to be chaired by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Michael Martin MP and known as the Speaker's Conference. The Conference has been asked to: "Consider, and make recommendations for rectifying, the disparity between the representation of women, ethnic minorities and disabled people in the House of Commons and their representation in the UK population at large". It may also agree to consider other associated matters. The Speaker's Conference has until the end of the Parliament to conduct its inquiries. Current membership Miss Anne Begg MP (Labour, Aberdeen South) (Vice-Chairman) Ms Diane Abbott MP (Labour, Hackney North & Stoke Newington) John Bercow MP (Conservative, Buckingham) Mr David Blunkett MP (Labour, Sheffield, Brightside) Angela Browning MP (Conservative, Tiverton & Honiton) Mr Ronnie Campbell MP (Labour, Blyth Valley) Mrs Ann Cryer MP (Labour, Keighley) Mr Parmjit Dhanda MP (Labour, Gloucester) Andrew George MP (Liberal Democrat, St Ives) Miss Julie Kirkbride MP (Conservative, Bromsgrove) Dr William McCrea MP (Democratic Unionist, South Antrim) David Maclean MP (Conservative, Penrith & The Border) Fiona Mactaggart MP (Labour, Slough) Mr Khalid Mahmood MP (Labour, Birmingham Perry Barr) Anne Main MP (Conservative, St Albans) Jo Swinson MP (Liberal Democrat, East Dunbartonshire) Mrs Betty Williams MP (Labour, Conwy) Publications The Reports and evidence of the Conference are published by The Stationery Office by Order of the House.
    [Show full text]
  • The Welsh Assembly Election
    The Welsh Assembly Election Report 3 May 2007 and Analysis £8.00 ISBN 0 903291 39 8 Founded in 1884, the Electoral Reform Society is the oldest organisation in the world concerned with electoral systems and procedures. The Society is campaigning to change the way we choose our politicians. We believe that a fair voting system will improve our democracy, allow politicians to better represent you and help them to tackle the serious issues facing our society. Fairness, accountability and a real choice for voters should not be compromised. Alongside the Society’s permanent staff, over 2,000 individuals from across the political spectrum take an active day to day role in its campaigning activities. Thomas Hare House 6 Chancel Street London SE1 0UU www.electoral-reform.org.uk Telephone 020 7928 1622 Fax 020 7401 7789 Email [email protected] The Welsh Assembly Election Report and 3 May 2007 Analysis The Welsh Assembly Election 3 May 2007 3 Foreword This report was drafted by Hywel Nelson, the Electoral Reform Society’s research officer for Wales, with contributions from Lewis Baston, Dr Ken Ritchie and Christine McCartney. We couldn't have written this report if a number of politicians, activists and commentators in Wales had not kindly agreed to share their time and thoughts with us – our thanks to them all. At the Electoral Reform Society, Ashley Dé, Gertrud Malmersjo, Rebecca Williams and Havard Hughes all provided helpful and wel- come advice. Hywel would especially like to thank Lewis and Ken for their encouragement and guidance. NB – The regional ballots which take place alongside constituency ballots in Welsh As- sembly elections are variously referred to in this report as ‘regional’, ‘list’ and ‘second’ ballots.
    [Show full text]
  • 2007 Assembly Election Results
    2007 Assembly Election Results Abstract This paper summarises the results, votes, shares and turnout at the Assembly election on 3 May, 2007. The Members’ Research Service intends to produce a fuller paper providing a more in-depth analysis and presentation of the election results. May 2007 Members’ Research Service / Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau Members’ Research Service: Research Paper Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau: Papur Ymchwil 2007 Assembly Election Results Nia Jones, Finance and Statistics Team, MRS May 2007 Paper number: 07/063/nj © Parliamentary copyright 2007 Enquiry no: 07/1094/nj Date: May 2007 This document has been prepared by the Members’ Research Service to provide Assembly Members and their staff with information and for no other purpose. Every effort has been made to ensure that the information is accurate, however, we cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies found later in the original source material, provided that the original source is not the Members’ Research Service itself. This document does not constitute an expression of opinion by the National Assembly, the Welsh Assembly Government or any other of the Assembly’s constituent parts or connected bodies. Members’ Research Service: Research Paper Gwasanaeth Ymchwil yr Aelodau: Papur Ymchwil Contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 1 The electoral system........................................................................................................... 1 Data
    [Show full text]
  • Bartłomiej H. Toszek Wizerunek Partii Regionalnych W Kampanii Wyborczej Do Walijskiego Zgromadzenia Narodowego W 2007 R
    Bartłomiej H. Toszek Wizerunek partii regionalnych w kampanii wyborczej do Walijskiego Zgromadzenia Narodowego w 2007 r. Civitas Hominibus : rocznik filozoficzno-społeczny 5, 49-60 2010 _________ ARTYKUŁY – DYSKUSJE – ESEJE _________ Bartłomiej H. Toszek Wizerunek partii regionalnych w kampanii wyborczej do Walijskiego Zgromadzenia Narodowego w 2007 r. Pod koniec ubiegłego stulecia w Wielkiej Brytanii została zapoczątkowana decentra- lizacja regionalna, stanowiąca najbardziej radykalną zmianę ustroju konstytucyjnego od czasu przeprowadzonej w 1832 r. reformy prawa wyborczego1. Jednym z przejawów tego specyficznie brytyjskiego procesu2 było utworzenie regionalnych zgromadzeń parlamen- tarnych, w tym również Walijskiego Zgromadzenia Narodowego (National Assembly for Wales), które formalnie zainaugurowało swoją działalność w 1999 r. Od początku istnienia tego organu największa liczba parlamentarzystów walijskich wywodziła się z szeregów Walijskiej Partii Pracy (Welsh Labour Party), sprawującej władzę wspólnie z regionalną organizacją Liberalnych Demokratów (Welsh Liberal Democrats) w latach 1999–2003, samodzielnie w latach 2003–2007 oraz w koalicji z nacjonalistyczną Partią Walii (Plaid Cymru) od początku obecnej kadencji. Niewzruszona pozycja laburzystów wynika ze stosunkowo niewielkich wahań poparcia elektoratu dla poszczególnych par- tii politycznych, a także nikłego zainteresowania ugrupowaniami głoszącymi radykalne hasła polityczne, gospodarcze lub społeczne. Również w ostatnich wyborach do 60-oso- bowego „parlamentu” walijskiego liczba mandatów uzyskanych przez Partię Pracy wy- 1 V. Bogdanor, Devolution in the United Kingdom, Oxford, 2001, s. 1. 2 Zob. M. Kaczorowska, Dewolucja systemu politycznego: istota, wpływ i znaczenie-casus Zjednoczonego Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii i Irlandii Północnej, [w:] J. Szymanek, M. Kaczorowska, A. Rothert, Ewolu- cja, dewolucja, emergencja w systemach politycznych, Warszawa, 2007, s. 107–184; B. H. Toszek, Dewo- lucja jako element procesu dezintegracji państwowości brytyjskiej, [w:] M.
    [Show full text]
  • Women in the Assembly
    WOMEN IN THE ASSEMBLY: Representations of Female Assembly Members in the Welsh Press Weihua Ye PhD in Journalism Studies 2014 WOMEN IN THE ASSEMBLY: Representations of Female Assembly Members in the Welsh Press Thesis submitted for the award of PhD Weihua Ye 2014 Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies To Andrew, who is the love of my life To my aunt, who is a second mother to me To my beloved parents, who encouraged me to follow my dream DECLARATION This work has not been submitted in substance for any other degree or award at this or any other university or place of learning, nor is being submitted concurrently in candidature for any degree or other award. Signed ………………………………………… (candidate) Date: 28th December, 2014 STATEMENT 1 This thesis is being submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of PhD. Signed ………………………………………… (candidate) Date: 28th December, 2014 STATEMENT 2 This thesis is the result of my own independent work/investigation, except where otherwise stated. Other sources are acknowledged by explicit references. The views expressed are my own. Signed ………………………………………… (candidate) Date: 28th December, 2014 STATEMENT 3 I hereby give consent for my thesis, if accepted, to be available online in the University’s Open Access repository and for inter-library loan, and for the title and summary to be made available to outside organisations. Signed ………………………………………… (candidate) Date: 28th December, 2014 STATEMENT 4: PREVIOUSLY APPROVED BAR ON ACCESS I hereby give consent for my thesis, if accepted, to be available online in the University’s Open Access repository and for inter-library loans after expiry of a bar on access previously approved by the Academic Standards & Quality Committee.
    [Show full text]
  • Make Welsh Science a Real Priority
    2233-IWA-Agenda3-06a-wJW 18/12/06 5:49 pm Page 1 Editors Rhys David Geraint Talfan Davies John Osmond Administration Helen Sims-Coomber and Clare Johnson winter 2007 Design WOOD&WOOD Design Consultants. wood2.com To advertise Telephone 029 2066 6606 make Welsh science a real priority Institute of Welsh Affairs 1 – 3 Museum Place First Minister Rhodri Morgan has announced three priorities if he is successful in maintaining his Cardiff CF10 3BD government following next May’s election. These would be the eradication of child poverty, climate change, and developing a Welsh science and technology policy. Expressed in these general terms, Telephone 029 2066 6606 few would question them as worthy aims. E-mail [email protected] Web www.iwa.org.uk However, tackling them will largely depend on actions by government at the UK level. Reducing child poverty will largely depend on tax and benefit decisions made by the UK Treasury. The challenge of The IWA is a non-aligned independent think-tank and climate change extends far beyond the frontiers of the UK, and even Europe. All we can try and do at research institute, based in both UK and Welsh levels is to persuade India, China and other non-signatories to sign up to Cardiff with branches in north international agreements to reduce C02 emissions by setting a strong sustainable development and west Wales, Gwent, example ourselves.A Welsh science and technology policy might be thought rather closer to home. But Swansea Bay and London. here, too, we are dependent to a great extent on decisions made by the UK science funding councils.
    [Show full text]
  • Open Research Online Oro.Open.Ac.Uk
    View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by Open Research Online Open Research Online The Open University’s repository of research publications and other research outputs Theorising gender desegregation as political work: The case of the Welsh Labour Party Journal Item How to cite: Smolović Jones, Owain; Smolović Jones, Sanela; Taylor, Scott and Yarrow, Emily (2020). Theorising gender desegregation as political work: The case of the Welsh Labour Party. Gender, Work and Organization (Early access). For guidance on citations see FAQs. c 2020 The Authors Version: Version of Record Link(s) to article on publisher’s website: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1111/gwao.12445 Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online’s data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. oro.open.ac.uk Received: 10 September 2019 Revised: 25 February 2020 Accepted: 12 March 2020 DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12445 SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Theorizing gender desegregation as political work: The case of the Welsh Labour Party Owain SmolovicJones1 | Sanela Smolovic Jones1 | Scott Taylor2 | Emily Yarrow3 1Department for People and Organisations, The Open University Business School, UK Organization studies offers a detailed understanding of the 2Department of Management, Birmingham roots of gender segregation and the obstacles to its disman- Business School, UK tling in practice but has not proposed a conceptual frame- 3 Organisation Studies and Human Resource work that can help us understand how radical forms of Management, Portsmouth Business School, UK desegregation may be made sense of and approached, par- ticularly within a hotly contested organizational context.
    [Show full text]
  • Electoral Law Consultation Analysis
    ELECTORAL LAW CONSULTATION ANALYSIS TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page Introduction to the consultation analysis 1 The consultation process 1 Scoping consultation 1 Consultation on reform proposals 1 Written responses 1 Consultation events 2 The consultation analysis 4 How to read the consultation analysis 4 TABLES OF RESPONSES 6 Chapter 2: The Electoral Framework 6 Provisional proposal 2-1 6 Provisional proposal 2-2 13 Chapter 3: Management and Oversight 19 Provisional proposal 3-1 19 Provisional proposal 3-2 24 Provisional proposal 3-3 28 Consultation question 3-4 32 Provisional proposal 3-5 41 Consultation question 3-6 47 Chapter 4: The registration of electors 52 Provisional proposal 4-1 52 Provisional proposal 4-2 56 Provisional proposal 4-3 61 Consultation question 4-4 65 Consultation question 4-5 69 Consultation question 4-6 73 Provisional proposal 4-7 78 Provisional proposal 4-8 81 Provisional proposal 4-9 85 Provisional proposal 4-10 88 Provisional proposal 4-11 91 i Provisional proposal 4-12 94 Provisional proposal 4-13 98 Provisional proposal 4-14 101 Chapter 5: Manner of voting 105 Provisional proposal 5-1 105 Provisional proposal 5-2 111 Provisional proposal 5-3 115 Provisional proposal 5-4 119 Provisional proposal 5-5 123 Provisional proposal 5-6 128 Chapter 6: Absent voting 132 Provisional proposal 6-1 132 Provisional proposal 6-2 136 Provisional proposal 6-3 140 Provisional proposal 6-4 144 Provisional proposal 6-5 146 Provisional proposal 6-6 150 Provisional proposal 6-7 154 Provisional proposal 6-8 162 Provisional proposal
    [Show full text]
  • Register of Interests of Assembly Members
    NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES REGISTER OF MEMBERS' FINANCIAL AND OTHER INTERESTS AND RECORD OF MEMBERSHIP OF SOCIETIES REPORT OF THE REGISTER OF MEMBERS' FINANCIAL OR OTHER INTERESTS [top] UPDATED 31 MARCH 2011 Introduction 1. Section 36 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and Standing Order 31 require the National Assembly to maintain and publish a register of interests of Assembly Members. 2. Members are required to register any relevant interests within eight weeks of taking the oath or affirmation and also register within four weeks any changes to those interests. Section 36(7)(a) of the Government of Wales Act makes it an offence for any Member to participate in proceedings of the Assembly without having registered a relevant interest as specified in the Annex to Standing Order 31. The responsibility for complying with the duties to register and declare interests rests with Members alone, although they may seek advice from the Assembly Parliamentary Service. Thresholds 3. Part 5 (iv) of the Annex to the Standing Order 31 provides for the establishment of thresholds over and above which Assembly Members are required to register gifts, hospitality and other material benefits or advantages. An Assembly resolution in May 2006 established the threshold for the registration of gifts and hospitality as 0.5% of the basic gross annual salary for an Assembly Member (which is currently approximately £253). 4. Some Members choose to register a number of matters that fall below the stipulated thresholds. They are entitled to do this if they so wish. However, it should be stressed that those Members who have observed the thresholds have thereby complied precisely and in full with the rules as laid down in the resolution of the Assembly.
    [Show full text]
  • Key Events in the Development of the National Assembly for Wales
    Key Events in the Development of the National Assembly for Wales Second Assembly: 2003 - 2007 This paper provides an outline of the key dates for the National Assembly for Wales during the Second Assembly. It focuses on administrative and procedural events but also refers to some other political or policy developments. The National Assembly for Wales is the democratically elected body that represents the interests of Wales and its people, makes laws for Wales and holds the Welsh Government to account. The Research Service provides expert and impartial research and information to support Assembly Members and committees in fulfilling the scrutiny, legislative and representative functions of the National Assembly for Wales. Research Service briefings are compiled for the benefit of Assembly Members and their support staff. Authors are available to discuss the contents of these papers with Members and their staff but cannot advise members of the general public. We welcome comments on our briefings; please post or email to the addresses below. An electronic version of this paper can be found on the National Assembly’s website at: www.assemblywales.org/research Further hard copies of this paper can be obtained from: Research Service National Assembly for Wales Cardi. Bay CF99 1NA Email: [email protected] Twitter: @NAWResearch © National Assembly for Wales Commission Copyright 2012 The text of this document may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading or derogatory context. The material must be acknowledged as copyright of the National Assembly for Wales Commission and the title of the document specified.
    [Show full text]
  • Theorising Gender Desegregation As Political Work: the Case of the Welsh Labour Party
    Open Research Online The Open University’s repository of research publications and other research outputs Theorising gender desegregation as political work: The case of the Welsh Labour Party Journal Item How to cite: Smolović Jones, Owain; Smolović Jones, Sanela; Taylor, Scott and Yarrow, Emily (2021). Theorising gender desegregation as political work: The case of the Welsh Labour Party. Gender, Work and Organization (Early access). For guidance on citations see FAQs. c 2020 Owain Smolovic Jones; 2020 Sanela Smolovic Jones; 2020 Scott Taylor; 2020 Emily Yarrow https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Version: Version of Record Link(s) to article on publisher’s website: http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1111/gwao.12445 Copyright and Moral Rights for the articles on this site are retained by the individual authors and/or other copyright owners. For more information on Open Research Online’s data policy on reuse of materials please consult the policies page. oro.open.ac.uk Received: 10 September 2019 Revised: 25 February 2020 Accepted: 12 March 2020 DOI: 10.1111/gwao.12445 SPECIAL ISSUE ARTICLE Theorizing gender desegregation as political work: The case of the Welsh Labour Party Owain SmolovicJones1 | Sanela Smolovic Jones1 | Scott Taylor2 | Emily Yarrow3 1Department for People and Organisations, The Open University Business School, UK Organization studies offers a detailed understanding of the 2Department of Management, Birmingham roots of gender segregation and the obstacles to its disman- Business School, UK tling in practice but has not proposed a conceptual frame- 3 Organisation Studies and Human Resource work that can help us understand how radical forms of Management, Portsmouth Business School, UK desegregation may be made sense of and approached, par- ticularly within a hotly contested organizational context.
    [Show full text]
  • South East Wales Regional Committee Is One of the Assembly’S Five Regional Committees
    South Wales East Regional Committee Report to the National Assembly for Wales: April 2006 to March 2007 Introduction 1. The South East Wales Regional Committee is one of the Assembly’s five regional committees. The geographic area of the Committee, as specified by Standing Order 10.1, included Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire, Newport, Torfaen and Rhymney. 2. Jocelyn Davies was the elected as Chair at the start of the reporting period, in accordance with the agreed cycle of progression between the political parties. 3. Committee Members were: Rosemary Butler, Jeff Cuthburt, David Davies, Jocelyn Davies, Michael German, William Graham, John Griffiths, Irene James, Laura Anne Jones, Trish Law (replacing Peter Law - who died during the reporting period), Huw Lewis and Lynne Neagle. Remit and method of working 4. The role of the regional committees, as defined by Standing Order 10.2, is to advise the Assembly on matters affecting their regions, the effect of Assembly policies in those regions and the work of public bodies there. 5. The Committee has continued with the working practices established during the first Assembly. In particular, it adopted a themed approach to meetings. The Committee continued to give prominence to public participation at meetings. Meetings always included an ‘open microphone’ session, to enable members of the public to ask questions not only to the panel of speakers but also the Committee Members. Whenever appropriate, the Chair ensured that members of the public received a written reply to their questions from the relevant Assembly Minister. 6. During the reporting period, the Committee met at Blackwood, Caldicot and Pontypool.
    [Show full text]