Our reading lists provide a comprehensive guide to key policy areas in Wales, offering Members essential resources for informed decision-making. They cover a range of sectors including education, economy, environment, health, and constitutional affairs.
The lists include links to policy documents, committee reports, and practical government and legislative materials across sectors. They highlight up-to-date and authoritative sources such as Senedd Research publications, Welsh Government reports, and committee inquiries, facilitating exploration of specific policy areas in Wales.
You can use our reading lists as an introduction to a new subject, to find out where you can access information, or to explore an issue in more depth.
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Children, education and lifelong learning
Children and young people
- Senedd Research, Free childcare: why, who for and how? (2026)
- Welsh Youth Parliament, Work of the Third Youth Parliament (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Children, Young People and Education Committee: Legacy Report (2026)
- Children’s Commissioner for Wales, Annual Reports and quarterly updates (2025)
- Senedd Research, Children on the margins (2025)
- Senedd Research, Protected, not punished? Youth Justice in Wales (2025)
- Wales Group for Monitoring the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, State of Children’s Rights in Wales (2023) and Welsh Government response to the UN Concluding Observations Report 2023 (2024)
- Senedd Research, How effectively is the Welsh Government tackling child poverty? (2024)
- Senedd Research, Briefing on Care Experienced Children (2024)
- Reports by CASCADE – Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre
- Care Inspectorate Wales, Annual report 2024-2025, Local authority inspection and review reports and Rapid review of child protection arrangements (2024) and Child protection rapid review: progress update (2026), Overview report for Joint Inspections of Child Protection Arrangements (JICPA) 2019 – 2024
- Welsh Government, Youth work reports and strategies and the National Body for Youth Work Delivery Board
School-age education
- Senedd Research, Up for school? Attendance, behaviour and well‑being (2026)
- Senedd Research, A route to a million Welsh speakers: the role of the classroom (2026)
- Senedd Research, Challenges of recruiting and retaining teachers: In Brief (2026)
- Estyn, HMCI Annual Report 2024/2025 (2026)
- Audit Wales, Additional Learning Needs: Do public bodies know if the system is working? (2026)
- Institute for Fiscal Studies, Public service spending and performance in Wales (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Children, Young People and Education Committee, Completed work and published reports (2021-2026)
- Senedd Research, Scrutinising the First Minister on education, young people and future generations (2025)
- Senedd Research, Reviewing the ALN reforms: In Brief (2025)
- Senedd Research, GCSE results 2025: How did pupils in Wales do? (2025)
- Senedd Research, A level results 2025: How did students in Wales do? (2025)
- Senedd Research, What’s happening to school improvement services? (2025)
- Senedd Research, Balancing the books? Senedd to debate levels of education funding (2025)
- Qualifications Wales, Summer 2025 results and series review (2025)
- Wales Journal of Education, Twenty five years of devolved education in Wales (2025)
- Senedd Research, How did Wales perform in PISA 2022? (2023)
- Welsh Government (Hwb), Curriculum for Wales
- Qualifications Wales, National 14–16 Qualifications
- Estyn, Improvement resources (thematic reviews)
- Welsh Government, Education and skills
Tertiary education and research
- Senedd Research, Challenges facing the post-16 education and training sector (2026)
- Senedd Research, Balancing the books: Higher Education finance (2026)
- Welsh Government, The future of tertiary education in Wales: Five challenges and calls for submission (2026)
- Welsh Government, A strategic direction for vocational education and training in Wales (2026)
- Medr, Financial sustainability of the higher education sector in Wales (2026)
- Senedd Research, The Future of Apprenticeships in Wales (2025)
- Medr (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research), Strategic Plan 2025-2030 (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Children, Young People and Education Committee, Routes into post-16 education and training (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Apprenticeship Pathways (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Children, Young People and Education Committee, Issues facing the Higher Education Sector (2025)
- Welsh Government, Apprenticeships: policy statement (2024)
- Senedd Research, The Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act: One year on (2023)
- Welsh Government, Wales innovates: creating a stronger, fairer, greener Wales (2023)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Research and Development (2023)
- Welsh Government, Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022 (2022)
Economy, communities and local government
Business and economy
- Senedd Research, Economic renewal: tackling longstanding and upcoming challenges (2026)
- Senedd Research, The Local Growth Fund: how effectively will it drive regional development? (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Inquiry into Inward Investment (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Letter to the First Minister and Secretary of State for Wales on the Port Talbot transition and the future of Welsh steel (2026)
- UK Government Department for Business and Trade, The UK Steel Strategy (2026)
- Welsh Government, Local Growth Fund: investment plan (2026)
- Welsh Government, Welsh Economy in numbers: interactive dashboard (2026)
- Senedd Research, Productivity is “almost everything” but what is it? (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Inquiry into AI and the Welsh economy (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Inquiry into City and Growth Deals (2025)
- Welsh Government, AI Cymru: Shaping a Smarter, Fairer, More Prosperous Wales (2025)
- Welsh Government, Business Support Review (2025)
- Welsh Government, The foundational economy (2025)
- Welsh Government, Economic mission: priorities for a stronger economy (2023)
- Senedd Research, Development of Tourism and Regulation of Visitor Accommodation (Wales) Bill resource page
Cost of living, poverty and social security
- Senedd Research, From cradle to grave: breaking the cycle of inequality and poverty (2026)
- Senedd Research, Get help with the cost of living (2026)
- Alma Economics for the Welsh Government, Researching the potential to devolve the administration of social security to Wales (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Equality and Social Justice Committee, Inquiry into access to healthy, nutritious and affordable food (2026)
- Streamlining Welsh Benefits Steering Group, Streamlining Welsh benefits: route map phase 1 progress report (2026)
- UK Government Department for Work and Pensions, Households Below Average Income statistics (2026)
- Welsh Affairs Committee, Inquiry into Working towards ending child poverty in Wales (2026)
- Welsh Government, Relative Income Poverty: April 2024 to March 2025 and Persistent Poverty: 2024 (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Equality and Social Justice Committee, Inquiry into fuel poverty in Wales (2025)
- Welsh Government, Child Poverty Strategy for Wales 2024 (2024) and progress report 2025 (2025)
- Welsh Government, Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation: 2025 (2025)
- Welsh Government, Welsh Benefits Charter (2024)
Culture
- Senedd Research, Is culture in crisis? (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee, Sixth Senedd legacy report (2026)
- Senedd Research, Culture and sport funding in Wales among the lowest in Europe (2025)
- Welsh Government, Priorities for culture in Wales (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee, Draft Budget 2026-27 report (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee, Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport (2025)
- Senedd Research,Creative industries workforce: it was the best of times, it was the worst of times (2024)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee, Culture and the new relationship with the EU(2023)
- Senedd Research, Welsh Government Priorities for Culture: when is a strategy not a strategy?
- Arts Council of Wales websiteand Annual Report
- Cadw (the Welsh Government’s heritage agency) website
- Amgueddfa Cymru (National Museum of Wales) websiteand Financial Report
- National Library of Wales website, Annual report and annual accounts.
Employment and skills
- Social Partnership Council, Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act – Guidance (2026)
- UK Government Department for Work and Pensions, Keep Britain Working Review (2026)
- UK Government Department for Work and Pensions and Welsh Government, Memorandum of Understanding between the Department for Work and Pensions and the Welsh Government on the Devolution of Employment Support Funding (2026)
- Welsh Government, Economic mission: green skills review (2025) and review update (2026)
- Senedd Research, Confused by the term ‘green skills’? You aren’t the only one (2025)
- Welsh Government, Fair Work Commission recommendations: progress report 2025 (2025)
- UK Government Department for Work and Pensions, Get Britain Working White Paper (2024)
- Welsh Government, Net zero skills action plan (2023) and sector roadmaps (2024)
- Welsh Government, A Guide to Fair Work (2024)
- Welsh Government, Stronger, greener, fairer Wales: a plan for employability and skills (2022)
- Welsh Government, The Young Person’s Guarantee (2021)
- Welsh Government, Employment Support
Housing
- Senedd Research, Homelessness and the housing crisis: new solutions to long‑standing challenges? (2026)
- Senedd Research, Building on the 2024 inquiry on social housing supply (2026)
- Public Health Wales, A place to thrive: Creating healthier homes for children and families in poverty across Wales (2026)
- Welsh Government, Affordable Housing Taskforce report and recommendations (2025) and progress update (2026)
- Welsh Government, Welsh Housing Quality Standard (WHQS) pilot study report (2026)
- Welsh Government, Evaluation of Welsh Housing Quality Standard 2023 and Optimised Retrofit Programme (2026)
- Senedd Research, Can a new law end homelessness in Wales? (2025)
- Senedd Research, What does the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 mean for Wales? (2025)
- Senedd Research, What is rapid rehousing and how could it help homelessness in Wales? (2024)
- Welsh Government, Welsh Housing Quality Standard (2024)
- Welsh Government, Ending homelessness in Wales action plan: progress update (2023)
- Senedd Research, Right to adequate housing: how should Wales achieve a good home for all? (2023)
- Senedd Research, Decarbonising private housing: the net-zero elephant in the (energy inefficient) room (2023)
- Public Health Wales, Housing and Health: A case for investment (2019)
- Welsh Government, Welsh Housing Conditions Survey (2017-18)
- Welsh Government, Homelessness accommodation provision and rough sleeping (statistics series)
- Welsh Government, Affordable Housing Provision (statistics series)
- Rent Smart Wales, Online data dashboards (updated monthly)
Local government
- Senedd Research, A system under strain: the sustainability of local government (2026)
- Senedd Research, Budget 2026-27: Core funding for local authorities to increase by 4.5% (2026)
- Senedd Research, A community forgotten – three years on, but little change for Gypsy and Traveller communities (2025)
- Senedd Research, Bespoke solutions for age-old challenges: helping community councils evolve (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Local Government and Housing Committee, Inquiry into the role, governance and accountability of the community and town council sector (2025)
- Welsh Government, Evidence and research on Council Tax and Non-Domestic rates (2025)
- WLGA, For a Resilient Wales: WLGA Phase 2 Manifesto (2025)
- WLGA, Rural Manifesto 2025: Unlocking the potential and building resilience of our rural communities (2025)
- Welsh Government, Democratic Health Task and Finish group, established specifically to look at community and town councils in Wales (2024)
- Senedd Research, Local Government Finance (Wales) Act resource page (2023)
- Welsh Government, Local Democracy in Wales. Explains what local government is and how it works in Wales.
- Audit Wales, Local Government Financial Sustainability Tool
- Welsh Government, Partnership Council for Wales
- Welsh Government, Finance Sub-group meetings and Distribution Sub-group (DSG) meetings
Media and communications
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations, Take 2: Public Service Broadcasting in Wales (2026)
- Ofcom, Public Service Media review (2025)
- Senedd Research, Kicked into touch: 6 Nations broadcasting rights (2024)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations, Public service broadcasting in Wales (2024)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations, 6 Nations rugby broadcasting rights (2024)
- Welsh Government, Of and for Wales: towards a sustainable future for public interest journalism (2023)
- Welsh Government, A new future for broadcasting and communications in Wales (2023)
- Senedd Research, How can Wales get the media it needs? (2021)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Exploring the devolution of broadcasting: how can Wales get the media it needs? (2021)
- Ofcom, Connected Nations and Infrastructure reports
- Ofcom, Media Nations reports
- Ofcom, News consumption survey
- BBC, Annual report and accounts
- ITV, Annual reports
- S4C, Annual reports
Sport
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee, Impact of funding reductions for culture and sport (2025)
- Senedd Research, Kicked into touch: 6 Nations broadcasting rights (2024)
- Sport Wales, Annual Review and Accounts and Lottery Annual Review and Accounts
- Welsh Government, Sport Wales remit letters
- Sport Wales, Research and insight
Welsh language
- Senedd Research, A route to a million Welsh speakers: the role of the classroom (2026)
- Senedd Research, Cymraeg for all? Creating meaningful opportunities to use Welsh (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Culture, Welsh Language and Communications Committee, Cymraeg for all? inquiry (2026)
- Welsh Government, Areas of Research Interest: Cymraeg 2050 (2026)
- Commission for Welsh Speaking Communities, Empowering communities, strengthening the Welsh language report (2024) and Welsh Government response (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Children, Young People and Education Committee, scrutiny of the Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Act 2025 (2024-25)
- Welsh Government, More than just words: Welsh language plan in health and social care (2022)
- Welsh Government, Welsh language in Wales (Census 2021) (2022)
- Welsh Government, Welsh in education workforce plan (2022)
- Welsh Government, Cymraeg 2050: Welsh Language Strategy - A million Welsh speakers (2017)
- Welsh Government, Technical report: Projection and trajectory for the number of Welsh speakers aged three and over, 2011 to 2050 (2017)
- Commission for Welsh Speaking Communities, Phase II Report (2026)
- Welsh Language Commissioner, The Position of the Welsh Language 2021-25 (2026)
- Welsh Language Commissioner, Data dashboard: Who speaks Welsh in Wales
Environment and transport
Agriculture, forestry and food
- Senedd Research, What is the countryside for? (2026)
- Senedd Research, Eroding potential? The state of Welsh soils (2026)
- Senedd Research, Tree planting: What’s next for Wales? (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Digging the dirt: Improving Wales’ soil health (2025)
- Welsh Government, Sustainable Farming Scheme 2026: scheme description (2025)
- Welsh Government, Sustainable Land Management: indicator and target statement 2025 (2025)
- Welsh Government, Timber Industrial Strategy (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Welsh Government’s proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (2024)
- Sixth Senedd Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, Report on proposals for a Sustainable Farming Scheme (2024)
- Welsh Government, Woodlands for Wales Strategy (2021)
- Welsh Government, Vision for the Food and Drink industry from 2021 (2021)
- Welsh Government, Community Food Strategy (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Bringing home the harvest: Supporting the Welsh food processing industry (2026)
- Senedd Research, Food for thought? Senedd to debate food processing in Wales (2026)
- Senedd Research, Hybu Cig Cymru: what’s next for Wales’ meat promotion body? (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Hybu Cig Cymru (2025)
Air quality and waste
- Senedd Research, Deposit Return Scheme Regulations: In Brief (2026)
- Senedd Research, The first step towards a new regime for coal tip safety in Wales (2025)
- Senedd Research, Fly-tipping in Wales (2025)
- Ricardo (on behalf of the Welsh Government and Welsh Air Quality Forum), Air Quality in Wales 2023/24 (2024)
- Welsh Government, Clean Air Plan for Wales: Healthy Air, Healthy Wales (2021) and Update report on progress against actions (2024)
- Sixth Senedd Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, Restoration of opencast mining sites report and Welsh Government response (2024)
- Welsh Government, Beyond Recycling (2021)
Animal welfare
- Senedd Research, Prohibition of greyhound racing (Wales) Bill (2026)
- Welsh Government, Licensing of animal welfare establishments, activities and exhibits (2023)
- Welsh Government, Bovine TB eradication programme (2023)
- Sixth Senedd Economy, Trade and Rural Affairs Committee, Refreshing Wales’ Bovine TB Eradication Programme (2022)
- Senedd Research, Dog breeding and selling (2021)
- Welsh Government, Animal Welfare Plan for Wales 2021 to 2026 (2021)
- Welsh Government, Code of Best Practice for animal welfare establishments (2020)
- Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Notifiable avian disease control strategy for Great Britain (2018)
- Welsh Government, Animal health and welfare framework (2014)
- Welsh Government, Animal welfare guidance for different species
Climate change and energy
- Senedd Research, What’s next for nature and climate action? (2026)
- Senedd Research, Cars, cows, and coal: Welsh emissions from 1990 to 2023 (2025)
- Senedd Research, Nuclear energy in Wales (2025)
- Welsh Government, Net Zero Transition 2026 to 2030 and beyond: discussion paper (2025)
- UK Climate Change Committee, Wales’ Fourth Carbon Budget (2025)
- Welsh Government, Just Transition Framework (2025)
- Commissioned advice exploring how net zero could be achieved by 2035, rather than 2050. Net Zero Challenge Group, Pathways to a Prosperous and Resilient Wales in a Changing Future (2024)
- Welsh Government, Climate Adaptation Strategy for Wales (2024)
- Welsh Government, Heat Strategy for Wales (2024)
- UK Climate Change Committee, Adapting to climate change – Progress in Wales (2023)
- Welsh Government, Renewable energy deep dive recommendations and updates (2021-24)
- Welsh Government, Net zero carbon status by 2030: public sector route map (2021)
- Welsh Government, Energy generation in Wales reports
Marine and fisheries management
- Senedd Research, Harnessing Wales’ marine renewable energy (2023)
- Senedd Research, A snapshot of marine environment management (2022)
- Sixth Senedd Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, Report on the Welsh Government’s marine policies (2022)
- Welsh Government, Joint Fisheries Statement and Fisheries Management Plans (2022)
- Senedd Research, Who owns the seabed and why it matters (2021)
- Senedd Research, Welsh National Marine Plan (2020)
- Welsh Government, Welsh National Marine Plan (WNMP): overview (2019)
- Welsh Government, UK Marine Strategy (2019)
- Welsh Government, Marine Protected Area Network Management Framework (2018)
Nature conservation
- Senedd Research, What’s next for nature and climate action? (2026)
- Senedd Research, Biodiversity (2026)
- Senedd Research, New evidence marks a “pivotal moment” in tackling the nature emergency (2026)
- Welsh Government, A 30by30 framework for Wales (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee, Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 (2025)
- Natural Resources Wales, State of Natural Resources Report (SoNaRR) (2025)
- Senedd Research, COP15: what’s been agreed, and what it means for Wales (2023)
- Collaborative report, State of nature (2023)
- Welsh Government, Biodiversity Deep Dive (2022)
- Welsh Government, Nature Recovery Action Plan (2020)
- Senedd Research, Sustainable Management of Natural Resources and the Environment (Wales) Act 2016 (2019)
- Welsh Government, Natural Resource Policy (2017)
Planning
- Welsh Government, Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024: guidance and next steps (2026)
- Welsh Government, Consolidation of planning law (2026)
- Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI), Public Sector Planning Resources in Wales (2026)
- Senedd Research, Planning (Wales) Bill and Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Bill: resource page (2025)
- Welsh Government, Planning Policy Wales, Edition 12(2024)
- Senedd Research, Infrastructure (Wales) Bill: resource page(2023)
- Welsh Government, Future Wales: the national plan 2040(2021)
- Senedd Research, Planning quick guides(updated regularly)
- Welsh Government, Technical advice notes collection (planning advice)
Transport
- Senedd Research, Can Wales finally join the dots on public transport? (2026)
- Senedd Research, Mind the gap: Wales, Westminster and the Railways Bill (2026);
- Senedd Research, What impact has 20mph had on road safety in Wales? (2026)
- Welsh Government, Maritime and Logistics Plan (2026);
- Transport for Wales, Today, Tomorrow, Together – a vision for rail across Wales and Borders (2026);
- UK Government, Prime Minister announces seven new stations and major rail funding commitment (2026);
- Welsh Government, Review of the Active Travel (Wales) Act 2013 (2026);
- Corporate Joint Committees, Regional Transport Plans (2025);
- UK Government, Railways Bill and factsheets (2025)
- Office of Rail and Road: TfWRail – Train Operating Company key statistics April 2024-March 2025 (2025)
- Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee, Active Travel in Wales (2025);
- Welsh Government / Transport for Wales, Our roadmap to bus reform (2025);
- Transport for Wales, Network North Wales (2025);
- Welsh Government, National Transport Delivery Plan 2022-27 (2023);
- Welsh Government, Roads review and response (2023)
- Welsh Government, Wales Transport Strategy (2021);
Water and flooding
- Senedd Research, The water industry in Wales: who does what? (2026)
- Senedd Research, At a watershed: designing a Welsh water sector for the future (2026)
- Senedd Research, Reforming Wales’ water sector: what, how and when? (2026)
- Welsh Government, Green Paper: Shaping the Future of Water Governance in Wales (2026)
- Senedd Research, Flowing downstream: a timeline of Dŵr Cymru’s performance (2025)
- Senedd Research, From drizzle to deluge: weather and flood forecasting (2025)
- Senedd Research, Bathing water quality in Wales (2023)
- Senedd Research, Water quality in Wales (2023)
- Senedd Research, Exporting Wales’ water: How much and where to? (2023)
- Senedd Research, Flooding and coastal erosion in Wales 2023 (2023)
- Senedd Research, Understanding drought (2022)
- Welsh Government, Water Strategy for Wales (2015)
- Welsh Government, Wales Better Water Quality Taskforce (page)
- Natural Resources Wales, Water Watch Wales (website)
External and constitutional affairs
Constitution
- Senedd Research, Constitutional Quick Guides (2026)
- Senedd Research, What next for devolution? (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, Sixth Senedd Legacy Report (2026)
- Senedd Research, How does the Senedd scrutinise intergovernmental relations? (2025)
- House of Lords Constitution Committee, Legislative standards of the Constitution Committee: 2017–2024 (2025)
- House of Commons Library, The United Kingdom Constitution – a mapping exercise (2025)
- Independent Commission on the Constitutional Future of Wales, Final Report (2024)
- Senedd Research, 25 years of Welsh law-making (2024)
- House of Lords Constitution Committee, The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative consent (2024)
- Senedd Research, The UK Internal Market Act: How does it impact Welsh law? (2023)
- Senedd Research, Common Frameworks: The never-ending story? (2023)
- Scottish Parliament Constitution, Europe, External Affairs and Culture Committee, How Devolution is Changing Post-EU (2023)
- Senedd Research, The Review of Intergovernmental Relations: a “significant constitutional step forward”?(2022)
- House of Lords Constitution Committee, Respect and Co-operation: Building a Stronger Union for the 21st century (2022)
- G. Watkin & D. Greenberg, Legislating for Wales (2018)
- UK Government, Intergovernmental Relations
International and European affairs
- Senedd Research, Devolution and international affairs (2026)
- Senedd Research, International relations: will the next Welsh Government adopt Mission Cymru? (2026)
- Senedd Research, Wales-Ireland relations: “a portrait of brilliant possibility” (2026)
- Senedd Research, Wales and Ukraine: four years on (2026)
- Senedd Research, Israel and Gaza at the Senedd: the story so far (2026)
- Senedd Research, Iran conflict: “the impact is real and it’s happening already”, says First Minister (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Legislation, Justice and Constitution Committee, Lessons from 100 treaties (2026)
- Welsh Government, International goods trade: interactive dashboard (2026)
- Senedd Research, What could the latest UK-EU agreement mean for Wales? (2025)
- Senedd Research, To align or not to align? Wales’ EU question (2025)
- Senedd Research, Reviewing the Brexit deal: Wales’s first four years of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (2025)
- Senedd Cymru, “Settled but not safe?”: Risks facing EU citizens in Wales (2025)
- UK Government, The UK’s trade agreements (2025)
- Senedd Research, International law at the Senedd (2024)
- Senedd Research, Parliamentary pioneers? Treaty scrutiny at the Senedd (2022)
Justice
- Senedd Research, Criminal Justice in Wales (2026)
- Senedd Research. The devolution of justice: what progress is being made? (2026)
- Senedd Research, Reforming the Welsh Tribunals: progress on pause (2026)
- R Jones, Thomas Commission Research (2026)
- Welsh Government, Preparing for the devolution of policing (2024)
- Welsh Government, Delivering Justice for Wales (2022)
- Senedd Research, The Thomas Commission: Three Years On (2022)
- R Jones and R W Jones, The Welsh Criminal Justice System: On the Jagged Edge (2022)
- S Nason, The Senedd and Administrative Justice, Part 1 and Part 2 (2020)
- Commission on Justice in Wales, Justice in Wales for the People of Wales (2019)
- R Jones and R W Jones, Justice at the Jagged Edge in Wales (2019)
- G Ifan, Public spending on the justice system for Wales (2019)
Finance and statistics
Finance
- Senedd Research, The evolution of Wales’ fiscal landscape (2026)
- Senedd Research, Wales’ Budget and public finances: past changes and future challenges (2026)
- Senedd Research, Fiscal devolution in Wales
- Senedd Research, Summaries of devolved funding, budgets and financial scrutiny, includes:
- How Wales is funded - including composition;
- Barnett formula - including how consequentials work;
- Fiscal devolution - including borrowing and reserves - new taxes;
- Block grant adjustment;
- Budget process - including timescales and scrutiny;
- Where money is spent; and
- Financial scrutiny of legislation.
- Senedd Research, Income tax tool
- Senedd Research, Interactive Welsh Government Budget tool
- Scottish Parliament Information Centre, Real terms prices calculator
- Welsh Government, Budgets
- Welsh Government, Agreement on the Welsh Government’s fiscal framework (2016)
- Welsh Government, Welsh taxes
- HM Revenue & Customs, Welsh Rates of Income Tax statistics
- Wales Governance Centre, Wales fiscal analysis
- Institute for Fiscal Studies, Devolved government finances
Finding statistics about your constituency and region
- Welsh Government, Data for the Senedd Cymru constituency areas: 2026 (2026)
- Welsh Government, Welsh Index of Multiple Deprivation
- Welsh Government, DataMapWales
- Welsh Government, Statistics Wales quarterly update
- WISERD, Understanding Welsh Places: an overview of towns and cities in Wales.
- StatsWales, Detailed official data on Wales
- ONS, Published statistics: wide range of data at various geographies including the 2021 Census data.
- ONS, Nomis - Official labour market statistics: local authority and ward profiles, unemployment data and census data.
- Department for Work and Pensions, Stat-Xplore: benefits statistics.
- Police UK, police.uk: street level crime data.
- HM Land Registry, Price paid data
Health and social policy
Adult social care
- Senedd Research, Adult Social Care Reform: Is Wales prepared to confront the escalating pressures in the care system? (2026)
- Health and Social Care Committee, “At breaking point”: The urgent need to improve support for unpaid carers (2026)
- Welsh Government, National Care and Support Service: delivery and next steps (2026)
- Care Inspectorate Wales, Annual report 2024-2025 (2025)
- CIPFA and LGiU, A National Care Service Series (2025-26)
- Welsh Government, National Office for Care and Support: annual report 2024 to 2025 (2025)
- Government Social Research, Evaluation of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 (2023)
- Nuffield Trust, Adult social care in the four countries of the UK series (2023)
- Welsh Government, Towards a National Care and Support Service, Report of the Expert Group (2022)
- Social Care Wales, Information and Learning Hub (resources website – includes access to Regulations and Codes of Practice for Welsh social care legislation)
Equality and human rights
- Senedd Research, From cradle to grave: breaking the cycle of inequality and poverty (2026)
- Senedd Research, Immigration in Wales: the numbers and the narrative (2026)
- Senedd Research, Wales and Ukraine: four years on (2026)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission, Public Sector Equality Duty: specific duties in Wales (2026)
- Senedd Research, British Sign Language (BSL) (Wales) Bill: resources page (2025)
- Cross Party Group on Human Rights, Progress on Human Rights in Wales: Inquiry Report (2025)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Day 2025: Examining progress on human rights in Wales (2025)
- Welsh Government, Strategic Equality and Human Rights Plan 2025 to 2029 (2025)
- Welsh Government, Strategic Equality Plan 2024 to 2028 (2024)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission, Is Wales Fairer? (2023)
- Welsh Government, Learning Disability Strategic Action Plan 2022 to 2026 (2022)
- Welsh Government, Strengthening and Advancing Equality and Human Rights in Wales research report: Welsh Government response (2022)
- Welsh Government, Locked out: liberating disabled people’s lives and rights in Wales beyond COVID-19 (2021)
- Welsh Government, Advancing Gender Equality in Wales Plan (2020)
- Equality and Human Rights Commission, Human Rights Tracker
- Welsh Government, LGBTQ+ Action Plan
- Welsh Government, Anti-racist Wales Action Plan
- Welsh Government, Disability Rights Action Plan
- Welsh Government, Violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence: strategy and progress
- Welsh Government, Incorporation of UN Treaties into Welsh Law: report by Legislative Options Working Group
- Welsh Government, Equality, Race, and Disability Evidence Units
- Welsh Government, Wellbeing of Wales annual reports
- Welsh Government, National Survey for Wales
Health strategy and policy
- Welsh NHS Confederation, Explainer Series - a series of articles explaining the health and care system in Wales (2025/26)
- Welsh Government, NHS Wales performance and productivity: independent review (2025)
- Welsh Government, new Planned Care Recovery Plan (2025), and Our programme for transforming and modernising planned care and reducing waiting lists in Wales (April 2022)
- Welsh Government, Ambulance Performance Framework and National Handover Taskforce (2025), and New 999 call categories to improve patient care and ambulance response (2025)
- Audit Wales, Addressing workforce challenges in NHS Wales (2025)
- Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales, progressing the strategy (2025), and A Healthier Wales: Our Workforce Strategy for Health and Social Care (October 2020)
- Welsh Government, Digital and data strategy for health and social care in Wales (2023)
- Welsh Government, year 2 progress report (2024), year 1 progress report (2023) and Six goals for urgent and emergency care: policy handbook for 2021 to 2026 (2022)
- Welsh Government, A healthier Wales: long term plan for health and social care (2018)
- Sixth Senedd Health and Social Care Committee, NHS waiting times monitoring reports
- Welsh Government, Quality Statements (policy expectations for key clinical services) can be found under health conditions
- Sixth Senedd Health and Social Care Committee published reports
- Senedd Research, health and care services articles
Mental health
- Welsh Government, Quality statement for mental health (2026)
- Welsh Government, Quality statement for self-harm (2026)
- NHS Confederation, The Mental Health Act 2025: what you need to know (2026)
- Welsh Government, Mental health and wellbeing strategy 2025 to 2035 (2025)
- Welsh Government, Understanding: a suicide prevention and self-harm strategy (2025)
- Health and Social Care Committee, Connecting the dots: tackling mental health inequalities in Wales (2022)
- Senedd Research, Constituency factsheet: Mental health support (2022)
- Welsh Government, Mental Health Act 1983: code of practice for Wales (2016)
- Welsh Government and partners, Mental health crisis care concordat (2016)
- Welsh Government, Code of practice to Parts 2 and 3 of the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 (2012)
NHS Wales governance and structures
- Senedd Research, A sustainable future for NHS Wales: moving beyond a hospital‑by‑default model (2026)
- Senedd Research, Can NHS Wales go digital? (2026)
- Welsh Government, NHS Wales planning framework 2026 to 2029 (2026)
- Welsh Government, NHS Wales performance framework 2026 to 2027 (2026)
- Welsh Government, NHS oversight and escalation framework (updated 2025) and NHS Wales escalation and intervention arrangements (2026)
- Welsh Government, Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board: performance, escalation and intervention (2026)
- Sixth Senedd Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee, NHS Finances and Governance (March 2026)
- Welsh Government, Ministerial public accountability meetings held with NHS Wales organisations (2025/26)
- Welsh Government, NHS Wales health boards and trusts (2025)
- Welsh NHS Confederation, Explainer series - What are the planning and escalation frameworks in the NHS in Wales? (2025)
- Audit Wales, NHS Wales Finances Data Tool 2024-25 (September 2025)
- Welsh Government, The NHS duty of candour (2023)
- Welsh Government, The duty of quality in healthcare (2023)
- Welsh Government, Health and care quality standards 2023 (2023)
- Welsh Government, NHS quality and safety framework (2021)
- NHS Wales, NHS Wales Performance and Improvement
Public health
- Senedd Research, What you need to know about health screening programmes in Wales (2025)
- Welsh Government, Reflecting on our Health: Chief Medical Officer for Wales annual report 2024-2025 (2025)
- Public Health Wales, Investing in a Healthier Wales: prioritising prevention (2025)
- Sixth Senedd Health and Social Care Committee, Prevention of ill health - obesity (2025)
- Welsh Government, Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2024: creating a smoke-free generation and tackling youth vaping (2024)
- Welsh Government, Tobacco control strategy for Wales (2022)
- Welsh Government, Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales obesity strategy (2021)
- Welsh Government, National Survey for Wales: population health (includes information on people's health status, illnesses, and health-related lifestyles)
- Public Health Wales, Data (a range of data, health intelligence and evidence including screening, healthcare-associated infections, immunisations, diseases and infections, and cancer)
- Public Health Wales, Immunisation and vaccines
Article by Senedd Research, Welsh Parliament
