The Welsh Government has announced a review of its historic conservation body Cadw.
Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport, Dawn Bowden, has established a task and finish group, chaired by former chief executive of the Welsh Rugby Union Roger Lewis, which will consider Cadw’s current governance arrangements and how effective they are for its operation and the wider provision of public heritage services.
A decision was made in 2017 for Cadw to remain within Welsh Government as an internal agency, but with increased operational and commercial freedoms. An operating board with external expertise was subsequently established to support its new arrangements, with the intention of undertaking a review once they had been in operation for five years - a milestone that has now been reached.
