Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:25 pm on 14 September 2016.
Thank you. You’ll be aware, alongside that, there are two other correlating budgets, particularly the homelessness prevention budget, which was cut by 8 per cent in the current year. A coalition of providers—Shelter Cymru, Llamau, GISDA, Digartref Ynys Môn and Dewis—have made the point that reducing the budget that supports key preventative services, which are integral to the outcome and success of services and provision supported by the other budgets—cutting this is self-defeating. They’re calling on the Welsh Government to protect the homelessness prevention grant, saying that it’s provided a platform for other sources of funds to be deployed into prevention work, that it saves money and that working with Supporting People ensures that as many people as possible are given support early on. How do you respond to that call alongside Supporting People?