16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Yes. So, as I say, it's £28 million. We're still working through—. That's for sustainable communities for learning. We're trying to focus on pressure areas highlighted by delivery partners. Obviously we're working through the detail, but just to let the…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
No, the £20 million—. It's £35 million in-year for capital funding; £20 million of that is to help with school repairs and maintenance, and the £15 million is for some capital costs associated with the contracts around Hwb, but then the money for this year is…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thanks, Vaughan. Well, I am really passionate about children's rights. That's something that's endured in me since I was Chair of the committee and, as you're aware, the Government's current practice is to undertake a strategic integrated impact assessment…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
For this year, yes.
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I'm very happy to provide a note, because it also depends on how you do it, and there are quite significant variations in the amounts, depending on how you do it.
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Well, I'm not aware that we've had any discussions about moving free school meals, et cetera, to the social justice MEG because it is a matter for education. And I take a really holistic approach to education. I think you can see that with what I've said…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thanks, Jenny, and obviously I agree with the finance Secretary that this is a budget for the worst off, and I think you have to always remember that the clearest route out of poverty for everyone is through education. Our standards—I've been really clear—are…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
I think the OECD are taking a rounded approach to these things, and certainly the meeting that I had with the head of education last week was very focused on well-being. They were very much on the same page, and I've been clear since coming into post that we…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
And we've got a peer learning event that we've established with the OECD. They're coming here to Wales to spend a chunk of time with us, looking at what we're doing, looking at best practice and working together to try to make sure that we get these things…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Sorry.
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Georgina wants to—
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Well, prioritisation has been really important for the sector as well really, because schools constantly tell us that we're asking them to do lots and lots of things, so I hope that it's been helpful to be clear about the priorities of literacy and…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Well, obviously, the extra money that we got as a result of the UK Labour Government's budget was incredibly welcome—really, really good news—and we were delighted with it, but we have to be clear with the committee that it's not going to address all the…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Thanks, Vaughan. Well, I think that I've been pretty consistent, really, since coming into post, that we've got to raise school standards. As part of that work, literacy and numeracy are absolutely critical. That’s why some of that extra money is going to…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Just to go back to something else that you said, where you said that we were planning on a cash-flat basis, but obviously we were also making the case for our priorities, and it’s been a clear priority for the Government to raise attainment and…
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Can I just—?
16 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 2
Okay. Thanks, Vaughan. It's good to be here with the committee. Setting the budget was an iterative process and, obviously, as you'll be aware, it involved working closely with Cabinet colleagues, in particular the First Minister and the Cabinet Secretary for…
13 Tachwedd 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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Gareth, tybed a oes angen i chi, a rhai o'ch cyd-Aelodau, ddechrau gwrando ychydig bach mwy. Rwyf wedi rhoi sylw i'r materion hyn, dro ar ôl tro, yn y Siambr, wedi gwneud datganiadau ar sawl achlysur am flaenoriaethau. Dewch wir, cymerwch sylw.
13 Tachwedd 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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13 Tachwedd 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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Rwyf am i'r fframwaith deddfwriaethol fod yn glir a chael ei ddeall yn gyson. Mewn ymateb i dystiolaeth a phryderon, gan gynnwys gan y pwyllgor, fod rhai rhannau'n gymhleth ac yn aneglur, rwyf eisoes wedi cyhoeddi adolygiad o'r fframwaith deddfwriaethol…
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Dadl ar Adroddiad y Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg, 'A yw plant a phobl ifanc anabl yn cael mynediad cyfartal at addysg a gofal plant?'
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Datganiad gan Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg: Wythnos Gwrthfwlio: Iechyd meddwl a llesiant meddyliol dysgwyr
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12 Tachwedd 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
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Diolch yn fawr iawn i chi, Carolyn, am y sylwadau yna. Rwy'n croesawu'r ffaith yn fawr iawn fod y Pwyllgor Deisebau yn ystyried y materion hyn. Mae'r materion sy'n ymwneud â ffonau symudol yn rhai cymhleth, rwy'n credu. Ar hyn o bryd, mae pob ysgol yn gallu…
