Part of 2. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 13 June 2018.
Presiding Officer, I've met with the Police and Crime Commissioner for South Wales twice in the last week to discuss and debate community safety and how we take forward different means of keeping people safe in their homes and wider issues around the whole community. For me, it is important that we continue to support the Welsh Government-funded community support officers not just in this financial year, but in future financial years. Members will be aware that we're spending nearly £17 million this year on supporting and sustaining that individual programme. I will say to the Member that much of this work would be enhanced were policing to be devolved to this place and that we could take a more holistic approach to the management of policing services as part of a wider approach to both community safety and other matters.