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Mae'n bleser gen i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i Aelodau am ganlyniadau ardderchog wythnos gyntaf cyfnod talu BPS 2018\. 


Mae eu taliadau BPS neu fenthyciadau'r BPS wedi'u talu i dros 95% o fusnesau fferm ac mae dros £213 miliwn wedi'i dalu i gyfrifon banc mwy na 14,700 o fusnesau fferm yng Nghymru. 


Dechreuodd cyfnod talu BPS 2018 ar 3 Rhagfyr a bydd yn cau ar 30 Mehefin 2019\. 


Eleni, oherwydd y tywydd eithriadol o dwym a sych a gawsom yn yr haf, rwyf wedi cyflwyno cynllun benthyciadau BPS i helpu busnesau fferm â'u llif arian ac i reoli'u cyllid tra bo'u hawliadau BPS yn cael eu prosesu. Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer gwneud cais am fenthyciad BPS oedd 30 Tachwedd. Yn sgil y benthyciad, sy'n seiliedig ar 70% o'r taliad BPS 2018 y disgwylir ei dalu, mae £23\.1 miliwn yn ychwanegol wedi'i dalu i fwy na 1,200 o fusnesau fferm. 


Mae'r Asiantaeth Taliadau Gwledig (RPA) yn Lloegr wedi rhoi digon o ddata i Daliadau Gwledig Cymru (RPW), i Lywodraeth Cymru allu prosesu tri chwarter y taliadau BPS 2018 i ffermwyr o Gymru sydd â thir bob ochr y ffin. Mae hynny'n welliant sylweddol ar y llynedd. 


Hoffwn fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i ddiolch i bawb, gan gynnwys rhanddeiliaid y diwydiant, sydd wedi cydweithio â'm swyddogion i gyflwyno'r cynllun benthyciadau BPS a chyfrannu at broses dalu lwyddiannus arall eto eleni. 


Mae fy swyddogion yn dal i weithio'n ddygn i brosesu'r hawliadau BPS sy'n weddill a byddan nhw'n dal i bwyso ar yr RPA am y data angenrheidiol i allu talu gweddill y ffermwyr sy'n ffermio bob ochr y ffin. 


Rwy'n disgwyl y bydd yr holl daliadau, heblaw'r achosion mwyaf cymhleth, wedi'u talu cyn diwedd y cyfnod talu ar 30 Mehefin 2019\. 







Translation:


 
I am pleased to update Members of the excellent progress made during the first week of the BPS 2018 payment window. 


Over 95% of farm businesses have been paid either their BPS claims or BPS loan applications, and over £213m has been paid into the bank accounts of more than 14,700 Welsh farm businesses.


The BPS 2018 payment window opened on 3 December, and will run until 30 June 2019\.


This year, in response to the exceptionally hot and dry weather during the summer, I introduced a BPS loan scheme to help farm businesses manage their cash flow and plan their finances, whilst their BPS claims were being processed. The BPS loan application window closed on 30 November. The loan payment, based on 70% of the anticipated BPS 2018 payment value, has seen an additional £23\.1m paid to over 1,200 farm businesses.


Rural Payments Wales has also received cross border data from the Rural Payment Agency (RPA) in England, to allow the Welsh Government to process 2018 BPS claims to over three quarters of our Welsh cross border farmers. This is a significant improvement on previous years.


I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone, including industry stakeholders, who have worked in conjunction with my officials to introduce the BPS loan scheme and contributed to an excellent payment performance once again this year.


My officials are continuing to work hard on processing the remaining BPS claims as soon as possible, and will continue to press the RPA for the remaining cross border data.


I expect all but the most complex cases to be completed before the payment window closes on 30 June 2019\.