Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:38 pm on 28 June 2017.
I haven’t had a conversation with those particular organisations, but I will check to see whether my team have. In terms of the first point on local government reorganisation, I think what’s important is that there will be a consultation process, which Mark Drakeford will lead on, not myself, but I do have conversations with Mark about community resilience and what that looks like. I think the Member is right in terms of the fact that local need and local influence have to have a purpose in developing policy and the delivery of services. We are working in a very different financial environment as we stand, and therefore, I would encourage third sector organisations, or local organisations, to get engaged with the PSBs, and a good example the Member raised was the RCT one, the Rhondda Cynon Taf PSB. It’s something that I’m engaged with very closely, in terms of delivering a children’s zone within that particular area. And they’re taking that as part of their well-being assessment.