, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Lastly from me, I just want to ask you about the allocation for Gypsy and Traveller sites, because you've put £3.7 million into this coming budget for the next year, and then a slightly reduced amount for the following. I do recall that, in previous years…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay, thank you. We're down to the last five minutes. Is there anybody else who wanted to ask a question, briefly? Please raise your hand if you do. Sarah.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Just on the equality and data evidence unit and this £1.7 million allocation in this year's budget, is that mainly for creating new staff, or is it for IT that you need to, obviously, collate a large amount of data?
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Yes, go ahead.
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay, Sarah, did you want to now go on to the housing and homelessness budget? Sarah, I think you are—
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
This relates to the questions that Sarah Murphy had. Sarah.
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. Sioned, I know you had a question on this area.
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Fine. Okay. Altaf, could you now go on to your questions you had about the spending allocations for how it affects specific groups?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Have you published how much you're taking out of reserves for specifically funding this pilot?
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
I think we should stick with the budget we've got. I think, Altaf, you made your point then, but I think the answer is 'no'.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay, very good. Altaf, did you want to put any questions about the basic income?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
It doesn't quite cut it for me. Are we in danger of relieving the DWP of their responsibility for giving benefits to anybody who is unemployed in doing this, and therefore have less money circulating in Wales?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Sioned, have you completed your scrutiny of this part? Great. I wonder if we can now move on to a discussion about the basic income pilot. Jane, if you could start off, and then I'll bring in Altaf.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Sioned.
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. Can I move to Ken Skates now?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay. That's fine. Can I just summarise, though, and ask how are you going to ensure that, at the end of this three-year period, with this extra three-year funding, that the voluntary sector is less dependent on Welsh Government money than it is at the moment?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Sioned.
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. Sioned.
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Jane, back to you.
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Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Thank you. That's a very useful answer. Jane Dodds wanted to ask a question.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
Okay. Thanks very much. Just very briefly, back in the day, in 2012, it was 112 pages long. It's now 12 pages long, this strategic integrated impact assessment. What's missing, and how do you think that's improved it?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Draft Budget 2022-23: Scrutiny session with the Minister for Social Justice
I'm very pleased to welcome Jane Hutt, the Minister for Social Justice, and Hannah Blythyn, the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership, as well as your officials, Claire Bennett, director of communities and tackling poverty, and Sian Gill, head of financial…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
Prynhawn da, bawb. I'd like to welcome you to this meeting of the Equality and Social Justice Committee, which is being broadcast live on Senedd.tv. Simultaneous translation from Welsh to English is available if you need it. First of all, could I ask if there…
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Papers to note
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