What is the Minister's assessment of the implications of the £4.3m released funding from the Ukraine programme?
Following months of intensive cross-government work, the Welsh Government has developed a prudent plan to respond to the extraordinary financial pressures facing public services. Speaking in the Senedd on 17 October the Finance Minister Rebecca Evans set out that the priority for this government is to protect core services, jobs, and people hardest hit by the current cost of living crisis. She announced a package of changes to spending plans.
Every ministerial portfolio was asked to make a contribution to meet the extraordinary financial pressures. Ministers have re-prioritised spending and activities as much as possible, rather than cutting programmes as a whole.
This has included £4.3m released from the Ukraine Humanitarian Response programme. This saving has been secured due to the highly successful delivery of our plan to move guests from initial accommodation into longer term, independent accommodation. This, coupled with the slowdown in arrivals from Ukraine, has led to efficiency savings.