Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:03 pm on 7 February 2017.
Welsh income per capita in 2014 was 70.5 per cent of the UK average, the lowest ever recorded since records began in 1954 for Wales—indeed the lowest ever for any UK nation or region. It bounced back to 71 per cent in 2015, but that was one of the lowest figures ever as well. Is the First Minister prepared to commit the Welsh Government that we will not see this income per capita figure fall even further, but, if it does, after eight years as First Minister, would he be prepared to take personal responsibility?