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Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice (Wales)
Welsh Government cabinet minister From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice (Welsh: Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyfiawnder Cymdeithasol) is a member of the Cabinet in the Welsh Government. The current officeholder is Jane Hutt since July 2024.
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The responsibilities of the post are:[16]
- 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[17]
- 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, 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 Partnership Council
- Living wage
- Fair Work
- Liaison as part of the 2021 Welsh Labour–Plaid Cymru agreement
The office-holder also organised some of the Welsh Government's support to Ukraine following that country's invasion by Russia,[18] as well as welcoming those who arrived in Wales from Ukraine.[19] The holder also was supporting and preparing for the devolution of more powers from the UK Government, such as youth justice, probation and policing.[20]
As a Welsh Minister, the holder is to have an annual salary of £105,701 for 2020–2021.[21]
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