10. Debate: The Draft Budget 2019-20

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 7:30 pm on 4 December 2018.

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Photo of David Lloyd David Lloyd Plaid Cymru 7:30, 4 December 2018

(Translated)

Thank you very much, Llywydd, for your patience.

So, just to briefly mention social care. In 2017-18, 23 per cent of local authority gross revenue expenditure in Wales was on social services, and this is the second largest area of local authority expenditure after education. In a statement on 9 October, the Cabinet Secretary for Local Government and Public Services detailed that the local government settlement for 2019-20 includes a further £20 million to ease pressures on social services. An additional £30 million outside the local government settlement is also being made available for social care to address sustainability issues, including pressures—