Gwynedd Council And GwE Travel Expenses...

A meeting of the GwE Joint Committee was held on Wednesday, 13th July, 2022 1.30 pm. The agenda for the meeting can be found here - https://democracy.gwynedd.llyw.cymru//ieListDocuments.aspx?CId=243&MId=4718

GwE made the news during the early stages of the pandemic when the Daily Post drew attention to an audit report highlighting concerns with GwE's expenses -

Auditors say they can't rule out that a school improvement service allowed its staff to change which offices they worked from so they could boost their mileage expenses claims. GwE changed its policies at the same time that rules were tightened up for council workers. The new rules meant staff would only be able to claim for distances beyond that which they would normally travel to get from home to work.... The report concluded: "Whilst reviewing officers' travel claims, it appears that those who have changed their official work location have benefited financially, whether by claiming for the journeys they make to their usual place of work, or by reducing the loss associated with the distance from home to their official work location - or a combination of both. The full article, by Gareth Wyn Williams, can be found here - https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/eyebrows-raised-what-schools-agency-18716183

Eyebrows raised indeed. What was the response of the former CEO to the concerns raised by the auditors - was an investigation undertaken? Could the new CEO update...?

Something is very wrong within Gwynedd council...