Housing Support Grant

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:04 pm on 5 February 2020.

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Photo of Suzy Davies Suzy Davies Conservative 2:04, 5 February 2020

Well, I'm very pleased to hear those last remarks, because I appreciate that while this matter was well-aired yesterday, I don't think you did square off this question about preventative budgeting, which is a weakness that's been identified in the budget you brought forward. I visited, like others, Llamau. It was a Drws Agored project, which was about helping keep young people safe at home, and, if they can't keep them safe at home, to find them new safe homes—just to summarise it. It's not cheap, but what it suffers from, as so many of these projects, is that it has no certainty of continuity. So, can you tell me what assessment you've made of the savings further down the line for Welsh Government due to the current investment in the housing support grant and how much you could save were you to increase the housing support grant at this stage?