Department of Work and Pensions Jobs at Treforest

Part of 3. Topical Questions – in the Senedd at 3:37 pm on 9 May 2018.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 3:37, 9 May 2018

I think that finding alternative roles for people who have found that their jobs have been moved to a place that is just completely impractical for them to get to would be the very least that a responsible employer could offer. There are going to be certain transport challenges, no doubt, in terms of people getting to the new site in Treforest, which is one of the reasons why Julie James was so clear in terms of providing the map to the UK Government Minister. We have had some confirmation, just in the past week, about the fact that the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions says that the DWP will offer support with travel costs for a period of three years, for costs over and above existing costs. But, again, that is very little comfort for people who are facing their jobs being moved to somewhere that is beyond their own networks, and where they perhaps will be finding that their caring commitments will be interfered with, and so on.