Statistics published by the Welsh Government. Each chart covers the years since the 2016 Senedd election, or as far back as the figures go, and marks each election since.
Gender pay gap for full-time employees
1.9%
2025 (provisional)
United Kingdom
6.9%
A year earlier
1.8%(2024)
Wales
United Kingdom
The difference between men's and women's median hourly pay, excluding overtime, as a share of men's pay, for full-time employees working in Wales and the UK, in April each year.
From the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, a sample survey. The gap compares all men and women in full-time work, so it doesn't show differences in pay for the same jobs.
The Programme for Government 2026 to 2030 belongs to the Seventh Senedd. Choose the Seventh Senedd to see how often each commitment has come up.
A just society
Work across all areas of government to end violence against women, domestic abuse and sexual violence, through a whole‑system, prevention‑led and society‑wide approach.
Support victims and survivors by protecting funding for specialist, survivor‑centred services, and by exempting refuges from the Renting Homes Act to ensure access to safe accommodation.
Work with people with lived experience to advance equality, including LGBTQ+ equality, disabled people’s rights, gender equality and an anti‑racist Wales. We will strengthen delivery and accountability, and report on progress and impact.
Support the UK government in taking forward a full, trans‑inclusive ban on so‑called ‘conversion therapy’, maximising Welsh Government action to tackle these harmful practices and support survivors.
Work with partners to support sanctuary seekers to participate and integrate into Welsh society, helping them rebuild their lives safely and with dignity.
Source: Welsh Government, Programme for government 2026 to 2030: New ambition for Wales, first published on 10 September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Mentions are found by matching the names of plans, bodies and schemes; a mention says nothing about progress.
Key moments in the Senedd
Statements, debates and legislation in Plenary on this brief, newest first. Oral question sessions are counted in the contributions below.
Each bar is the share of that party's speeches and questions in the Sixth Senedd that touched this brief, so large and small parties can be compared. The upright line marks the chamber as a whole: 3.5%.
42% of Welsh adults said immigration and asylum seekers would be very important to their vote.
Ipsos asked 747 Welsh adults aged 16+ between 2 April 2026 and 8 April 2026, before the 2026 Senedd election. People could choose as many issues as they liked. More on public opinion.
Written questions
No written questions on this brief in the Sixth Senedd yet.
Petitions
3 petitions to the Senedd on this brief, open ones first, then by signatures:
This article marks the fourth anniversary of the invasion. It traces Senedd and Welsh Government support for Ukraine and follows our previous articles which are listed at the bottom of this page with links to other useful information.
The pace of artificial intelligence (AI) development has accelerated over recent years, with the rise of generative AI chatbots attracting widespread attention.
Overcrowded, unsuitable and poorly maintained local authority sites have become the norm for the Gypsy and Traveller community a Senedd Committee has found.
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee Report, 'Do disabled children and young people have equal access to education and childcare?'
Contributions tagged in each month of the Sixth Senedd.Show the numbers
Month
Contributions
January 2024
176
February 2024
129
March 2024
165
April 2024
170
May 2024
158
June 2024
296
July 2024
138
August 2024
1
September 2024
190
October 2024
438
November 2024
220
How this brief is put together
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