Minister for Social Partnership
Minister for Social Partnership of Wales | |
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Y Gweinidog Partneriaeth Gymdeithasol (Welsh) | |
Welsh Government | |
Style | Welsh Deputy Minister |
Status | Deputy Minister |
Abbreviation | Deputy Minister |
Member of | Senedd |
Reports to | the Senedd, the First Minister of Wales and the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice |
Seat | Cardiff |
Nominator | First Minister of Wales |
Appointer | The Crown |
Term length | Five years Subject to elections to the Senedd which take place every five years |
First holder | Hannah Blythyn MS |
Website | gov |
The Minister for Social Partnership (Welsh: Y Gweinidog Partneriaeth Gymdeithasol) is a minister of the Welsh Government, accountable to the Welsh Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice. The current officeholder is Hannah Blythyn since May 2021.
Deputy ministers[edit]
Name | Picture | Entered office | Left office | Other offices held | Political party | Government | Notes | |
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Deputy Minister for Social Partnership | ||||||||
Hannah Blythyn | 13 May 2021 | 20 March 2024 | Labour | Second Drakeford government | [1][2][3] | |||
Minister for Social Partnership | ||||||||
Hannah Blythyn | 21 March 2024 | Incumbent | Labour | Gething government | [4] |
Responsibilities[edit]
The responsibilities of the post are:[5]
- Co-ordinating cross-cutting measures than can tackle poverty and promote prosperity
- Co-ordinating Child Poverty mitigation measures
- Digital Inclusion
- Oversee lottery funding distribution in Wales
- Inclusive financial systems, such as credit unions
- Community Bank
- Reforming the Welfare system
- Fuel Poverty
- Fire and Rescue Services, which includes community fire safety
- Community safety
- Leading policy relating to the Armed forces in Wales and Veterans
- The "Wales and Africa Programme"
- EU settlement scheme
- Human rights and equality in Wales
- Issue co-ordination relating to asylum seekers, refugees, Gypsies, Roma, Travellers, and community cohesion.
- Tackling domestic abuse, sexual and gender-based violence, and modern slavery.
- Volunteering and the Voluntary sector
- Youth Justice, and "Female Offending blueprints"
- Wales Resilience Forum chair
- Intergovernmental relations with police and crime commissioners, the police forces, Criminal Justice agencies, and the UK Government regarding the Prisons and the Probation Service.
- Relations with the Welsh commissioners for Older People's, Children's, and Future Generations.
- Services on advice and advocacy
- Leading responsibility on the monitoring of the Royal Mail and Post Office matters in Wales.
- Public appointments policy, and its implementation
- Nation-wide implementation of the framework for the Well-being of Future Generations, including a National Stakeholder Fora, and overseeing the relationship with public bodies concerning the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.
- Social Partnership and Public Procurement Bill, and the Shadow Social Partnership Council
- Living wage
- Fair Work
The post-holder led the development of the Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act.[6] The post-holders responsibilities are similar to those of the Minister for Social Justice, which the deputy minister is under the authority of.[7]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Vaughan Gething replaced as Wales' health minister". www.shropshirestar.com. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ Gregory, Rhys (14 May 2021). "Meet Mark Drakeford's new Cabinet team". Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Mark Drakeford overhauls cabinet as Vaughan Gething replaced as health minister". ITV News. 13 May 2021.
- ^ "Wales' new First Minister Vaughan Gething announces his cabinet". ITV News. 21 March 2024.
- ^ "Hannah Blythyn MS: Deputy Minister for Social Partnership | GOV.WALES". www.gov.wales. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "UK First: "Uniquely Welsh Way of Working" Passed into Law". Business News Wales. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "The Social Partnership and Public Procurement (Wales) Act 2023 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2023" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. 11 July 2023.