Eluned Morgan, First Minister
On 1 April 2024, section 20 of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 came into force. This amended the wording of the A Prosperous Wales well-being goal, changing the words ‘decent work’ to ‘fair work’. As a result, under section 10(5) of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 (“the Act”), Welsh Ministers must review the national well-being indicators and milestones to ensure they remain appropriate. This review has been completed.
The review concluded that there is a high degree of overlap between the concepts of decent work and fair work. Changes and additions were made to the national well-being indicators in 2021 in response to the recommendations of the Fair Work Commission and the subsequent introduction of the national milestones also included fair work. As a result, no further changes are considered necessary to the national indicators and milestones due to the change to the A Prosperous Wales well-being goal.
Under section 10(7) of the Act, Welsh Ministers may at any time review and revise the national indicators and milestones. The Act is not prescriptive about when such a review should take place. However, in future, it is proposed that a review will take place during the 12 months after a Senedd election. The timing of this review will align with the frequency of the publication of the Future Trends Report.