The Effect of Inflation

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Social Justice – in the Senedd at 2:06 pm on 4 May 2022.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 2:06, 4 May 2022

Quoting Jack Monroe:

'I did a £10 food shop in 2012...and re-did the exact same shop' in 2022,

'and it came to £17.11.'

That's over a 70 per cent increase. Neither the minimum wage nor benefits have gone up anywhere near that level. Even with the change by the Office for National Statistics in its collection of inflation data, the huge increase in food costs is not being fully reflected in the inflation rates. More and more poor people are having to use foodbanks. Seven of the eight wards in my constituency now have a foodbank. What support is the Welsh Government giving to foodbanks?