Welsh Government Staff in Mid and West Wales

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:35 pm on 8 February 2022.

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Photo of Cefin Campbell Cefin Campbell Plaid Cymru 2:35, 8 February 2022

(Translated)

Thank you very much. We know that over half of Welsh Government's staff work here in Cardiff, with some 58 per cent across the whole of the south-east. Now, some 19 per cent of the population of Wales live in Mid and West Wales. However, only around 13 per cent of Welsh Government posts are located in that region, and, as it happens, many of the Welsh Government's offices in the region are on the outskirts of towns. So, can I ask, as we slowly move back to some kind of normality post COVID, what assessment has the Government made of moving more jobs to Mid and West Wales and using town-centre buildings as offices in order to rejuvenate these towns economically and socially?