Welfare State: Wales
(asked on 9th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what assessment he has made of the effect of welfare reform on employment levels in Wales.
This question was answered on 17th June 2015
Welfare reform is working in Wales and people are seizing the opportunity to support themselves through hard work. Since 2010, we have seen over 54,000 fewer people claiming out of work benefits and employment increase by 61,000.