9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
It's one of these quirks of Welsh Government, Carolyn, that Ministers actually have no say in the staffing issues around departments; that is within the purview of the Permanent Secretary. What I can say is I have an amazing team that work with me in children…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes, and I think it is a real challenge, isn't it, at a Government level, and it’s the kind of conversations that are taking place with the UK Government. Our budgets are set on an annual basis, so it's very, very difficult. As a Welsh Government we know what…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
They've filled the gap, yes.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
No, that's absolutely right, and we've had conversations with the third sector around all of this, and it is something I think they would welcome. I had a meeting with them relatively recently where we talked about just what I'm saying now, the pockets of…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I mean, there are a number of grants—. You're quite right, Carolyn; there are a number of grants that are that are allocated on an annual basis, but we do we do also allocate a significant number of grants on a three-year basis, particularly through the…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Did you also raise—? You were raising the question about three-year funding, was that specifically in relation to the ADSS and WLGA?
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Before that—. Before the spring statement, I think, yes.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Is it in June? I don't know.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
We do have an initial estimate of the insurance costs for the devolved public sector employees in Wales. We think it's about £253 million. That was what Hywel just said. But, beyond that, how all of that is going to be dealt with is going to be very much down…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes, and you're absolutely right, Carolyn, that, of course, national insurance is not devolved. It was not a decision taken by the Welsh Government, but the UK Government has confirmed that it's going to provide funding to public sector employers to cover the…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
On the National Adoption Service and Foster Wales, there’s a very specific pot of money that’s available to them. We’re absolutely committed to supporting foster services in local authorities. They’re an integral part of our transformation of children’s…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Absolutely. We know that we've got an awful lot of children that are still not covered by Flying Start. Flying Start is very different from a standard childcare offer. I think it's important to note that. We have two aspects of our childcare offer, don't we?…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. I did a written statement on this a few weeks ago, when I announced the uplift in the hourly rate. Within that statement, I committed to an annual review of rates. Previously, it had been every three years, which is why things had fallen behind to the…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
No, not at all. The aim is still there, the objective is still there, it is still a programme for government commitment. It was part of the co-operation agreement, as you know, and we’re still committed to that. We’ve made very clear that we’re committed to…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I think that’s a very good question, actually. The Families First programme and the new online family support programme, Teulu Cymru, is aimed at doing just that. So, Teulu Cymru is a new online service for all families to access to find out where is the most…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes, sure.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
So, within the budget—. I’ll start by saying that we do, actually, acknowledge that childcare places for children with disabilities is a challenge, and we noticed that from the report that you did and we responded to that. So, what we have to do, in terms of…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. Well, to a degree, I think I've just answered that in the previous question, so maybe I was anticipating where you were going with this. But, to be clear, we haven't expanded the childcare offer; what we have done is we've uprated the hourly rate and…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Yes. Well, I think we do have the obligation to roll out the Flying Start programme and before I answer that question in detail, it's probably important to explain what we have done with that, with the additional funding that has been in over the last two…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
No, no, no, no. But that is absolutely right, and I think it's probably important to say the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure 2011 requires all Ministers, regardless of their portfolio, to have due regard to the United Nations Convention…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
We absolutely expect them to be delivering the policies that we're setting out. So, I'll give you a 'for example'. We're currently taking a piece of significant, quite groundbreaking, legislation through the Senedd, as you know—the Health and Social Care…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you, Cabinet Secretary. The Cabinet Secretary is absolutely right, of course, the local authority budget is set by the local government main expenditure group, and that includes, primarily, the funding for social care. And it's the local authority's…
22 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
& 9. Egwyddorion cyffredinol y Bil Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru), a'r penderfyniad ariannol ynghylch y Bil Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru)
Diolch. Mi geisiaf fod ychydig yn fwy cryno y tro hwn. O ran ymrwymiad i gyllid yn y dyfodol, yr hyn y gallaf ei ddweud yw ein bod wedi nodi'n glir iawn yr hyn yr ystyriwn ni fydd y lefelau cyllido sy'n ofynnol ar gyfer y tair blynedd nesaf. Menter ar y cyd…
22 Hydref 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
& 9. Egwyddorion cyffredinol y Bil Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru), a'r penderfyniad ariannol ynghylch y Bil Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol (Cymru)
Mae gen i lawer mwy i'w ddweud, Llywydd, ond rwy'n ymwybodol iawn fod amser wedi cario'r dydd arnaf, a dywedais nad oeddwn yn teimlo fy mod i'n mynd i allu trafod yr holl faterion a godwyd.
