Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:04 pm on 5 February 2020.
Certainty of continuity of funding is something that we are very mindful of. It's unfortunate that the comprehensive spending review of last year didn't occur, but we do expect it to happen later on in this year, and then that should give us at least a three-year outlook for public spending, which will certainly give Government a degree of certainty, and we're always keen to provide local authorities and our other partners with as much certainty as possible, as we can, for future years.
In terms of the preventative service, clearly, supporting people and preventing people from becoming homeless is one of those major services. The legislation that we've put in place, I think, is a fantastic example of a really, really good preventative approach. Over 20,000 households now have had their homelessness prevented because of the duties that we put on local authorities. So, there are a range of things that we should employ—we should employ funding and also legislation and smart policy ideas to support people and prevent people from becoming homeless. But, as I hope I've made clear to colleagues, I have been listening to the representations that have been made.