Social Care in Mid and West Wales

Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Services — Postponed from 8 November – in the Senedd at 2:24 pm on 15 November 2017.

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Photo of Russell George Russell George Conservative 2:24, 15 November 2017

Can I welcome the Minister to his new post? It's my understanding that the Welsh Government has been working very closely with Powys County Council following, of course, the damning report from Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales into the ways in which children's services are being delivered in Powys. Delivering services across a large sparsely populated area is extremely challenging. Can I ask what considerations have been given to providing the local authority with additional funding from the Welsh Government to support the change and re-design of the service, which is required, and indeed, of course, the ongoing running costs of running a crucial service, particularly across a large sparsely populated area of rural Wales?