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10:00 Item 1: Welcome, introductions and apologies (Steph Howarth, Welsh Government)

10:05 Item 2: (Steph Howarth, Welsh Government)

  • Note of last meeting (WSLC (2026 02) 01)
  • Update on action points (WSLC (2026 02) 01A)
  • Statistics Wales quarterly update (WSLC (2026 02) 02)
  • Demography update (WSLC (2026 02) 03)
  • Welsh Local Government Association update (WSLC (2026 02) 04)

10:25 Item 3: Well-being assessments

  • Public Sector Bodies joint well-being dashboard (Hayley Randall, Welsh Local Government Association and Steve King, Swansea City Council)
  • Future trends well-being report (Bec Marshall and Lloyd Harris, Welsh Government) 

11:10 Comfort break

11:20 Item 4: Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation (WIMD) (Andy O’Rourke, Welsh Government)

11:50 Item 5: Updated Rural-Urban classifications for Wales (Stef Taylor, Welsh Government and Joe Jenkins and Kelly Edwards, Office for National Statistics)

12:10 Item 6: Census updates (Orlaith Fraser, Office for National Statistics) 

12:25 Item 7: Local authority population and household projections (Martin Parry and Steph Harries, Welsh Government)

12:45: Any other business

13:00 Close

The next meeting will be held on Thursday 4 June 2026.