The Stay Well in Wales Survey

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:37 pm on 27 February 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 1:37, 27 February 2018

I think Angela Burns makes a very good point. The survey was very interesting, wasn't it, in terms of the appetite of people to be regulated, almost, in terms of public health? The Welsh Government spends about £88 million of core funding on Public Health Wales, and we have a range of measures aimed at preventing ill health, alongside a number of other public health functions. We also have the Healthy Working Wales programme, which supports employers across Wales to improve health and well-being at work, and has already supported around 3,500 employers in Wales, which represents about 36 per cent of the working population of Wales. I can also say that, in looking at fair work, and the fair work agenda in Wales in social partnership, one of the things we have been looking at is ways of assisting employers to help with public health promotion. Because, of course, one of the big issues is about economic inactivity and making sure that people who are in work stay in work, and are able to be supported there. So it's all very much, as I say, part of the same programme. So, I take the Member's point entirely. We are already working in that way, and we're looking to extend that across all sectors of Welsh employers as part of our fair work agenda.