Housing Support Grant

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 5 February 2020.

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Photo of Rhianon Passmore Rhianon Passmore Labour 2:06, 5 February 2020

I also welcome the comments from the Minister. Late last year, the Welsh Government consulted on the draft housing support grant practice guidance for local authorities, and the consultation sought the view on whether the arrangements set out in the practice guidance document are fit for purpose, clear, and enable commissioners and providers to fulfil the core purpose of the grant and deliver the essential support services required for intended service recipients.

Minister, are you able to inform me, then, how the Welsh Government will filter those responses in order to produce that very important final guidance document in April? And are you able to inform me of the proposed timetable for the final guidance to be published? And how will the Welsh Government work with local authorities to ensure this guidance is implanted effectively to aid the citizens of Wales and, where possible, look at the lens of improving and increasing this grant?