, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice and Chief Whip
… responsible for, as recommended in the 2019 committee report on benefits in Wales. Last month's Bevan Foundation report on a common approach to Welsh benefits stated that they have long called for a single framework of grants …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Local Authority Library and Leisure Services - evidence session 3
… know you heard evidence from Sport Wales last week, and there’s also some evidence from the Bevan Foundation’s tracker survey, around the impact that this is having on people’s participation levels, and in particular those …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… are now, it's the vulnerable and the poorest that are worst hit. Now, last month, the latest Bevan Foundation report again highlighted the importance of direct financial assistance from governments. I'm concerned that we are missing …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Tackling the impact of poverty on attainment
… work together. We need a system that will transform education. We see the concerning figures from the Bevan Foundation, too, in terms of the differences between boys and girls, and the differences in attainment there. So, can …
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
Okay. Another area that's been highlighted—this time by the Bevan Foundation, First Minister—is rural households who are often particularly affected by cost-of-living pressures with cost of transport, some of the energy issues, and …
, Committee for the Scrutiny of the First Minister
Cost of Living
… working with a wide group of the sort of organisations you would expect—local authorities in Wales, the Bevan Foundation, Citizens Advice bureau and others—on a benefits charter for Wales, and we're doing that because this …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
… line with inflation by 11 per cent. This news has been very warmly welcomed by, for example, the Bevan Foundation, as we know that the DAF is used by councils as a lifeline for families facing crisis. With …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Climate Change
… desperately needed. Can I ask, have you had an opportunity to read the latest report from the Bevan Foundation on the private rental market in Wales finding that only 32 properties advertised across Wales were available at local …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
The Right to Adequate Housing - evidence session 1
… the challenge. I'm sure that many of you will be familiar with the work of the Bevan Foundation in relation to the local housing allowance and its inadequacy in terms of the actual cost of renting …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… Janet Finch-Saunders and to Jane Dodds. In relation to your first request, I am aware of the Bevan Foundation report, and I believe that the Minister for Climate Change is currently considering that …
, Plenary
Business Statement and Announcement
… the Welsh Government provide an oral statement on the impact of the local housing allowance in Wales? The Bevan Foundation recently found that there's a significant gap between local housing allowance and rent, this leading into poverty …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… made for the topical question later, which, of course, is on that very subject. But this month's Bevan Foundation State of Wales briefing states that the energy efficiency of properties varies greatly across Wales, and that, although …
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Social Justice
… the recently published Bevan Foundation document, 'A snapshot of poverty in winter 2023', debt was found to be a significant problem. More than a quarter of people surveyed borrowed money between October 2022 and January 2023, with …
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Wales: A community of communities
… allow for positive development of place that is inclusive and participatory. I also referred then to the Bevan Foundation 'Communities First—Next Steps' document, which found that the Welsh Government's £500 million Communities First programme did not …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
… working with them through this. The other point is there's some useful work that the Bevan Foundation is doing on this, because they've been very involved in looking at ways we can have an integrated, passported …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost of living: Evidence session with the Minister for Social Justice
… the cost-of-living crisis, unprecedented demand on the fund, and actually, interestingly, coming from organisations like the Bevan Foundation, saying this is an absolute lifeline, and all the partners—the partners that Paul of course liaises with …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost-of-living crisis: evidence session 4
… And I don't know whether the committee is aware that a number of organisations—the Bevan Foundation, ourselves, and others—have commissioned some research from Policy in Practice that is looking at this issue: how can Welsh …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Debt and the cost-of-living crisis: evidence session 4
… move towards longer term solutions. One of the things that we've suggested, I think, along with the Bevan Foundation and others, is that it would be helpful to review the discretionary assistance fund and move that towards …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
… also a member of the Bevan Foundation—recently reinstated—and I'm also a member of the Cardiff and Vale Credit Union. Are there any other declarations? I don't see any. Moving on, this is a bilingual …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Introductions, apologies and substitutions
… also a member of the Bevan Foundation and a member of the credit union in Neath …