Rising Living Costs

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:16 pm on 11 January 2022.

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Photo of Peter Fox Peter Fox Conservative 2:16, 11 January 2022

I do recognise that there are a number of things as a result of the pandemic that are putting pressure on people's incomes, and that is something that all Governments need to work together to tackle. First Minister, I do want to ask about what more the Welsh Government can do to help people in financial hardship. The Welsh Government, in fairness, does provide a number of support schemes to complement those offered by the UK Government. However, despite this valued support, the Bevan Foundation have recently stated that the current disjointed nature of these schemes means that it's difficult for people to access all the support they are entitled to. First Minister, what consideration has the Welsh Government given to establishing a single point of access for benefits and support schemes administered in Wales, as well as exploring the possibility of automatically passporting universal credit claimants onto that system? Diolch.