QNR – in the Senedd on 16 November 2016.
The Welsh Government continues to mitigate the worst impacts of the UK Government’s welfare reforms, including the benefit cap. We have programmes that help people to access sustainable work and affordable housing. In addition, we provide advisory support and continue to maintain full entitlements for the council tax reduction scheme.
Our position and commitment regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child remain unchanged. The Welsh Government will continue to lead the way in promoting the rights of children and young people. How we do this is clearly set out in our children’s rights scheme.
For the three-year period ending 2014/15, 29 per cent of children in Wales were in relative income poverty, down 2 percentage points. Despite this reduction, it still means approximately 200,000 children are living in poverty. This is unacceptable and all departments are working to reduce poverty.