People and Organisations

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed to award the Wales Strategic Migration Partnership £28,238.75 funding for the financial year 2008-09.

The Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills agrees that officials should issue amended guidance to local authorities pertaining to Cymorth, the Children and Youth Support Fund, for 2009/10.

The Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services has agreed to: i) Note the progress reported on NSF Implementation; ii) that the 2009/10 programme for the NSF for Older People is progressed through the development of locally sensitive interim action plans; and, iii) officials should write to LHB ...

The Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery has agreed to funding of up to £10 million for two projects and agreed to the non-approval of a third project.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government approved the consultation on changes to the Promoting Equality Fund and accompanying Ministerial letter entitled ‘Funding proposals to promote equality and human rights in Wales’.

The First Minister has agreed to make a financial contribution towards erecting a statue at the Millennium Stadium in honour of the late Sir Tasker Watkins VC

The Minister has agreed to extend the consultation period of the draft Site Design Guidance for Local Authority Gypsy and Traveller sites in Wales.

The Minister for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills has signed The Children Act 2004 (Commencement No 8) (Wales) Order 2008.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has noted the advice about the potential role of the new Child Poverty Delivery Group. He has agreed to the letter being issued to members of the Cabinet Committee for Children and Young People inviting nominations to the Group.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government submitted a Written Plenary Statement on the consultation on the priorities for the Single Equality Scheme on 9 July 2008.

The Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing has agreed to provide a contribution of £1,500 for Wales Environment Link in 2009 -10 and a contribution of £5,000 for 2010 - 2011 to fund the new policy co-ordinator post.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed to the Draft Implementation Action Plan for the Refugee Inclusion Strategy and that it be presented at Cabinet on the 9th June 2008. The Minister has also agreed that the attached Cabinet paper is not published with the respective minu ...

The Deputy Minister for Social Services has agreed to the text of the draft Intergenerational Practice Strategy and to undertake a public consultation on the draft Strategy.

The Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills has agreed the content of a paper due to be presented to the Children and Young People Cabinet Committee on the 23rd June 2008.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed an additional revenue funding of £7,500 in 2008/09, to cover the costs of supporting the Corporate Challenge Sir Gar dissemination workshops; and an additional revenue funding of £34,575 in 2008/09, £46,253 in 2009/2010 and £47,440 in ...

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed the extension of the rolling 5 year Partnership Agreement with the WCVA; to updates to the Agreement to bring it in line with the development of revised service specifications; and that the Partnership Agreement be formally re-signed a ...

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed the issuing of a letter to Cabinet colleagues to promote more joined-up working between Assembly Government Departments on Third Sector issues.

The Minister for Finance and Public Service Deliveryapproved the publication of the independent Wales Spatial Plan 2008 Update Consultation Report and Children and Young People Report.

The Deputy Minister for Social Services has agreed to issue guidance for the reimbursement of this scheme in 2008/09.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has noted the proposal of the Muslim Council for Wales to establish a Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board Wales, and approved the provision of support in respect of the initial launch of the MINABW by providing £5,000 towards the cost of th ...

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed in principle to fund 50% of a Gypsy Traveller Coordinators post to the level of £17,858.82 in 2008/09.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed to publish the Refugee Inclusion Strategy. The Refugee Inclusion Strategy will be published in time to launch it during Refugee Week Wales in June 2008.

The Minister for Rural Affairs has agreed to a request for financial support of £50,000 from the Young Farmers Clubs of Wales as a contribution toward their ongoing programme of events and to help maintain staffing levels.

Following the Review of the Young People’s Innovation Grant Scheme, the Minister for Education Lifelong Learning and Skills has agreed that the current grant scheme is discontinued from the 2008 –2009 financial year onwards the resources available will be used to support the development of regional ...

The Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills has agreed to submit a paper on proposals for branding the Assembly Government’s integrated suite of policies for children and young people to the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Children and Young People to be held on 3 March 2 ...

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government agreed to fund the proposals for a North Wales Credit Union Banking Platform at a total cost of £187,000 revenue in 2007-2008.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government agreed to provide grant funding for fifteen organisations in order to help promote International Women’s Day 2008. The IWD theme for 2008 is ‘Celebrating the Heritage of Women in Wales’. Due to there being sufficient funding remaining within the ...

The Deputy Minister for Social Services has agreed the funding for the two projects

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed to issue a Cabinet Written Statement on Child Poverty Issues

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has approved a paper on monitoring arrangements for the Assembly Government’s child poverty targets and development of a new Child Well Being Monitor for Wales for the meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Children and Young People to be held on 3 ...

The Minister for Finance and Public Service Delivery has agreed to the mainstreaming of funding of £ 1 million pa to local authorities to deliver their own local Strategies through the Revenue Support Grant (RSG) from 2010-11, and to the transfer of £1 m from the Health and Social Services MEG to t ...

The Social Justice & Local Government Minister has approved funding of £480,000 from the Russell Commission, to enable Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) to offer the following: A grant scheme of £370,000 to support organizations to offer volunteer opportunities for young people and gran ...

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed to present the Refugee Inclusion Strategy to Cabinet on the 18th February.

The Deputy Minister for Social Services has agreed the draft Strategy for Older People Phase 2 document and its publication.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed to award DPIA £145, 918 funding for the financial year 2008-2009.

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has agreed the funding for the production of a DVD by Save the Children. The DVD will provide Gypsy Traveller young people and children the opportunity to discuss difficulties they encounter and their hopes for the future.

Using the Assembly’s powers under Section 70 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 the Minister for Social Justice & Local Government ihas approved funding of £67,823 for 2008/09 to allow the continuation of the core services provided by the Black Voluntary Sector Network Wales.

Approval by the Minister for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills to the allocation of supplementary funding to Local Education Authorities under the Minority Ethnic Achievement Grant for 2007-08

The Minister for Social Justice and Local Government has approved total additional expenditure of £180,000 revenue funding in 2007-8 only from the ‘Support for the Voluntary Sector/Volunteering‘ BEL to allow a number of supplementary projects supporting voluntary sector activity to take place.