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P-05-804 We need Welsh Government funding for play!!
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Meeting: 23/06/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
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5 P-05-804 We need Welsh Government funding for play!!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 5 PDF 37 KB View as HTML (5/1) 5 KB
- 16.04.20 Correspondence - Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services to Chair, item 5 PDF 448 KB
- 10.02.20 Correspondence - Welsh Loval Government Association to Chair, item 5 PDF 123 KB
- 27.04.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 5 PDF 301 KB View as HTML (5/4) 4 KB
Minutes:
Following the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services’ commitment that the Ministerial Play Review will include consideration of funding arrangements and the correspondence received by the Committee, the Committee agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for raising the petition. Committee Members commented that they would continue to review the ministerial review in their capacity as individual Members of the Senedd.
Meeting: 04/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-804 We need Welsh Government funding for play!!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 35 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 12.07.19 Correspondence - Children's Commissioner for Wales to Chair, item 3 PDF 282 KB
- 09.01.20 Welsh Government Written Statement – Update on the Ministerial Play Review, item 3 PDF 212 KB View as HTML (3/3) 16 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to:
· write to the Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services to ask for the petition and the correspondence received from Play Wales and the Children’s Commissioner to be formally considered as part of the Ministerial Play Review announced by the Welsh Government; and
· write again to the WLGA to seek a response to the issues raised by the petition and ask how they respond to the expectations of local authorities outlined by the Children’s Commissioner for Wales.
Meeting: 11/06/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-804 We need Welsh Government funding for play!!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 35 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 09.05.19 Correspondence - Minister for Health and Social Services to Chair, item 3 PDF 43 KB
- 24.05.19 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committeee, item 3 PDF 419 KB View as HTML (3/3) 21 KB
Minutes:
The Committee considered further correspondence from the Welsh Government and the petitioner and agreed to seek further information about opportunities for play and access to play areas and sports facilities for children and young people from the Research Service, and to write to the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and the Welsh Local Government Association to seek their views on the petition.
Meeting: 02/04/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 4 PDF 35 KB View as HTML (4/1) 5 KB
- 20.02.19 Correspondence - Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services to Chair, item 4 PDF 357 KB
- 11.03.19 Correspondence - Play Wales to Chair, item 4 PDF 217 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered further correspondence and agreed to write back to the
Deputy Minister for Health and Social Services to ask her to consider adding to
guidance which accompanies future grants for play to ensure that local
voluntary organisations receive sufficient benefit from such funding.
Meeting: 15/01/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-804 We need Welsh Government funding for play!!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 35 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 20.12.18 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 3 PDF 460 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the petitioner and agreed to write to:
- the Minister
for Health and Social Services to ask for an update on the funding for
play in the context of the budget for 2019/20; and
- Play Wales to
seek their views on the issue raised by the petition, information about
their reviews of Play Sufficiency Assessments and Action Plans, and for
their response to the comments made by the petitioners over their social
campaign.
Meeting: 01/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)
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3 P-05-804 We need Welsh Government funding for play!!
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 3 PDF 35 KB View as HTML (3/1) 5 KB
- 13.04.18 Correspondence – Minister for Children and Social Care to the Chair, item 3 PDF 293 KB
- 20.04.18 Correspondence - Chair of Health, Social Care & Sport Committee to the Chair, item 3 PDF 116 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Children and Social
Care and from the Chair of the Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, and
agreed to await the views of the petitioners on the answers provided by the
Minister before considering further action on the petition.
Meeting: 13/03/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2 PDF 35 KB View as HTML (2/1) 5 KB
- Research brief, item 2 PDF 62 KB View as HTML (2/2) 40 KB
- 06.03.18 Correspondence –Minister for Children and Social Care to the Chair, item 2 PDF 223 KB
- 06.03.17 Correspondence - Petitioner to the Committee, item 2 PDF 518 KB View as HTML (2/4) 29 KB
Minutes:
The
Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to:
- the Minister for Children and Social Care
to share the concerns of the petitioners and ask:
- what assessment the Welsh
Government has made of the sufficiency of steps taken by local
authorities to fulfil the duties under Section 11 of the Children and
Families (Wales) Measure 2010;
- what steps have been taken
to ensure that an adequate level of expenditure is being made at a local
level throughout Wales;
- what consideration has been
given to play provision in the development of the Welsh Government’s
obesity strategy; and
- the
Health, Social Care and Sport Committee to make them aware of the petition
in the context of their current inquiry into the physical activity of
children and young people.