Further to WAQ77794, will the Minister make a statement on how the Welsh Government is monitoring the spend of the £27,750,29 budget allocated to Farming Connect, and how much money has been used so far on employing staff from the programme?
Answered by Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs | Answered on 13/02/2019
The Farming Connect Programme is delivered on behalf of the Welsh Government by Lantra and Menter a Busnes. Monitoring of the contract by Welsh Government is done in accordance with Welsh Government and EU requirements.
Our contracts with Lantra and Menter a Busnes set out clear delivery objectives and it is for the contractors themselves to determine the level of resource required, within the contract price, to deliver our required outcomes.