Inquiry into Poverty in Wales: community-based approaches to tackling poverty

Inquiry into Poverty in Wales: community-based approaches to tackling poverty

The Communities, Equality and Local Government Committee undertook an inquiry into poverty in Wales. The inquiry was divided into four strands, each focusing on one particular issue. Each strand was self-contained, with its own terms of reference, but taken together formed an overarching piece of work.

Community-based approaches to tackling poverty

The terms of reference were to consider:

  • the geographical consistency of anti-poverty initiatives;
  • the effectiveness of area-based anti-poverty programmes such as Communities First;
  • the progress on the recommendations of the Assembly’s former Rural Development Committee’s 2008 report into ‘Poverty and deprivation in rural Wales’.

 

Evidence

 

The Committee held a public consultation to gather evidence on this topic.

 

The Committee considered the evidence it received and subsequently wrote to the Minister for Communities and Tackling Poverty, asking her to address a number of points arising from that evidence. Her response has been published.

 

The Minister attended the Committee’s meeting on 27 January 2016 to discuss the evidence and her response in more detail.

 

Business type: Committee Inquiry

Reason considered: Senedd Business;

Status: Complete

First published: 11/12/2014

Documents

Consultations