Janet Finch-Saunders: ...role in the protection and well-being of our local residents. We have called for years for a fundamental review of the funding formula. The standard spending assessment unit for a secondary school pupil in years 7-11 is over three times that of a pensioner aged 85 or over, and over 6.7 times that of a person with severe disablement. In an ever-aging society, and with so much evidence...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...in my constituency, where I’m dealing with cases, that, sometimes, pupil referral units seem exclusive—they don’t appear to be inclusive, and children feel quite disenfranchised from the education system. How are you working with education authorities in terms of resource so that we can actually have in Wales a more inclusive education system that recognises the strengths, the...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 6. Will the Cabinet Secretary make a statement on pupil engagement with the education system? OAQ(5)0069(EDU)
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...our prevention intervention and prudent healthcare agenda. Just 35 per cent of Welsh children undertake an hour of activity each day. Of those living within less than half a mile of their primary school, 30 per cent are driven daily, just 2 per cent cycle to primary school—and even fewer, at 1 per cent, to secondary. Inactivity is an issue affecting adults also—34 per cent of people...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ‘A Planned Primary Care Workforce for Wales’ referenced the emerging role of physicians’ associations and our medical schools as a way of boosting the numbers of GPs in Wales. Given the undeniable crisis of GP provision in Wales, how have you taken this recommendation forward, and what plans do you have in place to increase on just 27 funded places available through our medical schools...
Janet Finch-Saunders: Thank you, First Minister. You’ll be aware that, for some, when mention of a new school is taken forward, there can be concerns, especially when children and parents are very happy with the school that they’re actually attending. Now, under section 5.4 of the Welsh Government’s statutory school organisation code, local authorities are obliged to consider all objections submitted...
Janet Finch-Saunders: 5. Will the First Minister make a statement on the 21st Century Schools programme? OAQ(5)0107(FM)
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...Prison Reform Trust as regards looked-after children and the link that my colleague, Mark Isherwood, made, calling for good joint working, proper regulation and policy development across Wales. Schools with pupils who are looked-after children are eligible for the relevant pupil deprivation grant funding, which, alongside Communities First, is concentrated in our most deprived areas, but,...