Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Finance and Local Government – in the Senedd at 1:31 pm on 15 February 2017.
The IFS green budget report shows the wide variation of incapacity benefit claimant rates across the UK, with south Wales consistently conceding 8 per cent, along with other places like the north-east of England, and Merseyside, and the west of Scotland, whereas in much of the south of England, the claimant rate is below 4 per cent. So, does he agree that any changes of policies in this area that the Chancellor were to make would have a disproportionate effect on south Wales in particular and would need significant extra resources to deliver?