Employment Prospects

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:33 pm on 3 March 2020.

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Photo of Mark Drakeford Mark Drakeford Labour 1:33, 3 March 2020

Well, Llywydd, as a Government, we want to deal with any obstacles that young people face for taking up offers that they think will be of benefit to them. It's why we've retained educational maintenance allowances here in Wales, where they've been abolished elsewhere. I'm familiar with the technical arguments that there have been as to whether or not, if you were to pay apprentices in a particular way, they would find themselves losing that money because it would be clawed back by a different part of the system. Of course, we keep that under review, and I'm very happy to take a further look at it in the light of what the Member has said this afternoon.