Child Poverty

Part of 2. 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Communities and Children – in the Senedd at 2:52 pm on 18 October 2017.

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Photo of Siân Gwenllian Siân Gwenllian Plaid Cymru 2:52, 18 October 2017

(Translated)

The use of food banks has increased over 500 per cent with a third of users being children, 31 per cent of children live in poverty, and there are 10 times as many people receiving sanctions at present, with evidence that the increase in the use of food banks is directly linked to sanctions and matters with regard to universal credit. Do you believe and agree that we need to transfer administrative control for benefits from England to Wales? Administrative control—not the ability to vary the level or kinds of benefits, but the ability to bring the culture of cruel sanctions to an end and the ability to create a regime that’s kinder here in Wales and more humane.