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As written in the research. Data as of 28 October 2026 (edition 2.1).

official nameWelsh Government (Llywodraeth Cymru)

short labelWelsh Government

govuk categoryDevolved government

govuk urlgov.wales/

headquartersCathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ; lat 51.488373, lng -3.182582 (source: https://api.postcodes.io/postcodes/CF103NQ — "latitude": 51.488373, "longitude": -3.182582, "admin_district": "Cardiff" (accessed 2026-10-28)). The street address "Cathays Park" is taken from the task brief; the postcode lookup confirms CF10 3NQ is in Cardiff. [unverified — check address wording on gov.wales/contact-us]

parent (as of 2026-10-28)none — devolved government accountable to the Senedd (Welsh Parliament)

previous parent / parent changednone. Ministers changed after the May 2026 Senedd election. The Cabinet page lists Rhun ap Iorwerth MS as "First Minister of Wales"; Cabinet Ministers were appointed on 13 May 2026 (sources: https://www.gov.wales/cabinet-secretaries-and-ministers ; https://www.gov.wales/adam-price-ms).

blurbThe devolved government of Wales. Its Digital Public Services Wales Directorate, which includes the Office for AI and the former Centre for Digital Public Services, leads public-sector AI work under the AI Plan for Wales (November 2025).

website still shows old brandingyes, in older pages. The AI Plan for Wales foreword is credited to the "Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Energy and Planning" (Rebecca Evans MS, pre-election). Since 13 May 2026 the AI brief sits with the "Cabinet Minister for Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy" (Adam Price MS). The post-election Cabinet uses the title "Cabinet Minister", not "Cabinet Secretary". The ATRS pages on GOV.UK still list "Department for Science, Innovation and Technology" alongside the Cabinet Office as publisher.

Gaps the research left open

21Shown as gaps, never filled in by guesswork. Supplement 1 (the second pass) closed some; they are listed below.

Chief Digital Officer for Wales: named as Glyn Jones on the Strategic AI Advisory Group members page (modified 27 March 2026) and in the 9 March 2026 notes; no appointment date or gov.wales biography page found. Status after May 2026 not confirmed. — Partly closed (Supplement 1): Glyn Jones co-wrote the 26 March 2026 announcement as "Chief Digital Officer, Welsh Government" [WebFetch summary]; no later page found.
First Minister appointment date: the Cabinet page names Rhun ap Iorwerth MS but gives no date; the 13 May 2026 date comes from two Cabinet Ministers' pages. Not confirmed for the First Minister himself.
Office for AI budget and staffing: not published on pages opened.
£2.5 million for public services (July 2025): one source only; what it paid for is not stated. First Minister's name at that date not on the page.
AI Plan publication date conflict: landing page 12 November 2025; HTML and press release 18 November 2025.
Oral Statement "AI in Wales" (18 Nov 2025): text not on gov.wales page; Senedd record (record.senedd.wales/Plenary/15436) not opened.
CDPS pages: https://digitalpublicservices.gov.wales/guidance-and-standards/service-manual/using-artificial-intelligence-public-sector and https://digitalpublicservices.gov.wales/blog could not be opened (permission request not answered). CDPS AI guidance content, AI and Automation Steering Group membership, and CDPS news not verified from CDPS's own site. — Partly closed (Supplement 1): Guidance content now in GOV-WAL-046; CDPS moved into the Welsh Government on 1 April 2026 (GOV-WAL-045; GOV-WAL-018 amended); blog items in S3 Past events; community of practice, discovery and survey in GOV-WAL-047 to GOV-WAL-049. No member list for the AI and Automation Steering Group was published on any page opened; CDPS says the original steering group grew into the AI Leadership Group for Wales (GOV-WAL-005 amended).
gov.wales/news: page failed to load (client error); news was taken from the announcements search and the digital topic "latest" list instead.
Welsh Revenue Authority, Data Cymru, Natural Resources Wales: no AI deployments found (NRW only has a recruitment page on applicants' AI use; not opened).
Transport for Wales: only a 2022 CitySwift item found; current AI use unknown.
NHS Wales boards: only Hywel Dda (exploring), Betsi Cadwaladr (IBEX trial, 2023) and Cwm Taf Morgannwg (AI scribing pilot announced) found. No board-by-board AI register found. No NHS Wales body is on the UK ATRS.
AI Commission for Health and Social Care: chair, establishment date and the possible renaming to "AI Health and Social Care Advisory Group" not confirmed on a primary page beyond the AI Plan.
Future Generations Commissioner: AI raised at Senedd scrutiny on 9 February 2026 but the answer was not captured; no FGC AI publication found.
Senedd committees: the ETRA report (May 2025) was found; the Welsh Government response was not. No Seventh Senedd (post-May 2026) AI inquiry found.
AI Growth Zones: the Welsh Government's FOI release (18 August 2026) PDFs were not read; no Welsh public money for either zone found. The GOV.UK AI Growth Zones collection still shows DSIT as owner; where the programme sits after July 2026 is for the UK page.
Welsh Language Commissioner policy statement: the PDF gives no date; date taken from file name (22 July 2025) and a news item dated "7 August" with no year.
Headquarters address: "Cathays Park" taken from the brief; postcode verified by postcodes.io only.
ATRS: three Welsh records found on the register (Cari; Dylun; woodland mapping) plus the Social Care Wales chatbot (listed under DSIT). The register showed 152, 153 and 154 records on different pages during the session.
WebSearch used for Wales: 7 of the 15 searches shared across both pages.
Partly closed (Supplement 1): GOV-WAL-005 chair "TBC" — Matt Lewis named chair on 15 July 2025 (CDPS); the members page still shows "TBC" in March 2026. Current chair not confirmed.
Partly closed (Supplement 1): GOV-WAL-002 head (Mike Thomas) — Conflict found: Mark Jones named "newly appointed Deputy Director" heading the Office for AI (26 March 2026); members page still lists Mike Thomas. Not resolved.

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