Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 4. Questions to the Leader of the House and Chief Whip – in the Senedd at 4:04 pm on 11 December 2018.

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Photo of Julie James Julie James Labour 4:04, 11 December 2018

So, that's very much part of the same piece that I was just talking about in terms of the assessment of need. And what we're looking to do is exactly that, to make sure that we have a proper assessment of need across all of Wales, and that we provide services based on that needs assessment and not just—. These services, generally, grew up because got together back in the 1970s and 1980s and started something because they saw the need locally, and we've continued in that sort of fashion. But the whole point of the Act that the Assembly passed, and the needs assessment associated with that, is to get that proper all-Wales picture, so that we can plan the services according. In fact, last week, I launched the perpetrator standards. So, we're trying to standardise the service, so that people, as I say, receive the same service regardless of where they are and which pathway they pitch up in.