2. Statement by the First Minister: Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 11:47 am on 3 June 2020.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 11:47, 3 June 2020

First Minister, on 1 May you announced that the Welsh Government would fund an extra payment of £500 to social care workers in care homes and domiciliary care workers throughout Wales:

'This payment is designed to provide some further recognition of the value we attach to everything' that social care workers do to

'support both our NHS and our wider society.'

My questions are: when will it be paid? How will it be paid? Is it a one-off payment or will it be added to wages? Will it be treated as wages and taxed, or treated as a gift and not taxed?