Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Finance and Trefnydd – in the Senedd at 2:48 pm on 10 February 2021.

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Photo of Rebecca Evans Rebecca Evans Labour 2:48, 10 February 2021

I don't accept that assessment at all. The 2020-21 budget was, of course, impacted by the very late in-year adjustments by the UK Government at its supplementary estimates, which meant that we were provided with additional funding at the very end of the year, which made it very difficult for us to manage that particular situation. Throughout Wales, our Wales infrastructure investment plan has delivered really ambitious capital plans. Over the administration, we've allocated £12.2 billion of investment for capital projects right across Wales and £27.8 billion since we published the Wales infrastructure investment plan in 2012. You'll have seen investment, for example, of £1.7 billion to support the delivery of our £3.7 billion twenty-first century schools and education programme. That's having an impact in communities right across Wales. A sum of £2 billion was invested during this term for housing, delivering more than 20,000 affordable homes, smashing our target, even though we've gone through this crisis. So, the Welsh Government has been making significant infrastructure investments right the way through the course of this whole Senedd.