Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:00 pm on 16 November 2016.
I think it would be fair just to clarify about the Communities First programme. I’ve not made a decision on that yet, as the Member well knows, and I’ve also not said that this programme is intended to replace a Communities First programme, albeit I have said, as long as we can maintain a programme in Lift and the Communities for Work programme, I will continue to do so, despite that being a 12-month budget round. But I am keen to pursue that for longer. I will give the Member a more detailed response on finance, and I’ll write to the Member, if I may, in terms of the breakdown between European funding and investment from Welsh Government. But, as I said, our overall target process—the milestone of providing 4,000 opportunities by the end of November is nearly complete, with 3,919 of those training programmes already being opportunities for individuals across Wales.