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Announcing the Draft Budget for 2023\-24, the Minister for Finance and Local Government Rebecca Evans said it has been one of the hardest since the start of devolution.


This year’s Draft Budget builds on the spending plans set out in the 3\-year Budget published last year. Difficult decisions have been made to reprioritise funding from within Welsh Government budgets to maximise support for public services and for people and businesses most affected by the cost\-of\-living crisis and the recession.


The Draft Budget also allocates additional funding which came to Wales through the Autumn Statement.


An extra £165 million is being allocated for NHS Wales to help protect frontline services.


An additional £227 million is being provided to local government to help safeguard the services delivered by councils – including schools – as well as delivering the Real Living Wage in social care. This funding also contributes to the wider £460 million 2\-year business support package, announced yesterday.


The Welsh Government will provide further support to education with an extra £28 million for the education budget, to strengthen the further education sector, improve standards in schools, support children whose families are on lower incomes, and help children and young people with additional learning needs. The full £117 million consequential from education spending in the Autumn Statement has been provided to local government to fund schools.


Funding is also being provided to support Wales’ ongoing humanitarian response to the war in Ukraine and the thousands of people who have sought safety and sanctuary in Wales – £40 million will be allocated in 2023\-24 and £20 million in 2024\-25\.


The Draft Budget also provides an additional £18\.8 million for the Discretionary Assistance Fund, which provides lifeline emergency cash payments to people facing financial hardship.


And an additional £40 million will support public transport, helping create a sustainable and greener transport system, which helps Wales on its journey towards Net Zero by 2050\.


Rebecca Evans, Minister for Finance and Local Government, said:



> “This is a budget in hard times, which will help to protect frontline public services as far as we can in the face of a perfect storm of financial pressures, while also providing some extra help to those most affected by the cost\-of\-living crisis and supporting our economy through the recession.
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> “Our approach is designed to maximise the impact of all our available resources. This means balancing the short\-term needs associated with the ongoing cost\-of\-living crisis, with the continued need to make longer\-term change and deliver on our Programme for Government ambitions for a stronger, fairer, greener Wales.
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> “This has been one of the toughest budgets since devolution. It is being delivered as the UK economy is once again in recession, following a decade of austerity, Brexit and the pandemic. Inflation is at a 40\-year high and energy costs are soaring.
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> “Inflation has eroded the spending power of our budget but not our ambition. We have taken very difficult decisions to make sure all our resources are used to help support people, businesses and services through the tough year ahead.”


The Welsh Government’s budget is worth up to £1 billion less next year than when it was originally announced, and up to £3 billion less over the 3\-year spending review period from 2022\-23 to 2024\-25\.


As a result of the UK government’s post\-EU funding arrangements, Wales also has a £1\.1 billion shortfall in funding, compared to the EU structural and rural funds.







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Wrth gyhoeddi'r Gyllideb Ddrafft ar gyfer 2023\-24, dywedodd Rebecca Evans, y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol, mai hon yw un o'r cyllidebau anoddaf ers dechrau datganoli.


Mae Cyllideb Ddrafft eleni yn adeiladu ar y cynlluniau gwariant a nodwyd yn y Gyllideb dair blynedd a gyhoeddwyd y llynedd. Mae penderfyniadau anodd wedi cael eu gwneud i ail\-flaenoriaethu cyllid o fewn cyllidebau Llywodraeth Cymru er mwyn sicrhau bod cymaint o gymorth â phosibl yn cael ei ddarparu i wasanaethau cyhoeddus, ac i’r bobl a’r busnesau sy’n cael eu heffeithio fwyaf gan yr argyfwng costau byw a'r dirwasgiad.


Mae'r Gyllideb Ddrafft hefyd yn dyrannu’r cyllid ychwanegol a ddaeth i Gymru drwy Ddatganiad yr Hydref.


Mae £165m ychwanegol yn cael ei ddyrannu ar gyfer GIG Cymru er mwyn helpu i ddiogelu gwasanaethau rheng flaen.


Mae £227m ychwanegol yn cael ei ddarparu i lywodraeth leol er mwyn helpu i ddiogelu'r gwasanaethau y mae cynghorau yn eu darparu – gan gynnwys ysgolion – yn ogystal â chyflwyno’r Cyflog Byw Gwirioneddol i weithwyr gofal cymdeithasol. Mae'r cyllid hwn hefyd yn cyfrannu at y pecyn cymorth busnes dwy flynedd ehangach, sy’n werth £460m, a gafodd ei gyhoeddi ddoe.


Bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn darparu rhagor o gymorth ar gyfer addysg gyda £28m ychwanegol ar gyfer y gyllideb addysg, i gryfhau'r sector addysg bellach, gwella safonau mewn ysgolion, cefnogi plant sy’n dod o deuluoedd incwm is, a helpu plant a phobl ifanc sydd ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol. Mae’r swm llawn o £117m o gyllid canlyniadol ar gyfer gwariant ar addysg yn Natganiad yr Hydref wedi cael ei ddarparu i lywodraeth leol er mwyn ariannu ysgolion.


Mae cyllid hefyd yn cael ei ddarparu i gefnogi ymateb dyngarol parhaus Cymru i'r rhyfel yn Wcráin a'r miloedd o bobl sydd wedi ceisio diogelwch a lloches yng Nghymru – bydd £40m yn cael ei ddyrannu yn 2023\-24 a £20m yn 2024\-25\.


Mae'r Gyllideb Ddrafft hefyd yn darparu £18\.8m ychwanegol ar gyfer y Gronfa Cymorth Dewisol, sy'n darparu taliadau arian parod mewn argyfwng sy’n gwbl allweddol i bobl sy'n wynebu caledi ariannol.


Bydd £40m arall yn cefnogi trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, gan helpu i greu system drafnidiaeth gynaliadwy a gwyrddach, sy'n gam arall ar daith Cymru tuag at gyflawni Sero Net erbyn 2050\.


Dywedodd Rebecca Evans, y Gweinidog Cyllid a Llywodraeth Leol:



> "Mae hon yn gyllideb mewn cyfnod anodd a fydd yn rhoi gymaint o gymorth ag y gallwn i ddiogelu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus rheng flaen yn wyneb storm berffaith o bwysau ariannol. Bydd hefyd yn darparu rhywfaint o gymorth ychwanegol i'r rheini sy’n cael eu heffeithio fwyaf gan yr argyfwng costau byw ac yn cefnogi ein heconomi drwy'r dirwasgiad.
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> "Defnyddio’r holl adnoddau sydd ar gael inni yn y ffordd fwyaf effeithiol bosibl yw’r nod. Mae hyn yn golygu cydbwyso'r anghenion tymor byr sy'n gysylltiedig â'r argyfwng costau byw sy’n parhau, gyda'r angen parhaus i wneud newid ar gyfer y tymor hwy a chyflawni ein huchelgais yn y Rhaglen Lywodraethu i greu Cymru gryfach, decach a gwyrddach.
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> "Mae hon wedi bod yn un o'r cyllidebau anoddaf ers datganoli. Mae'n cael ei chyflwyno mewn cyfnod o ddirwasgiad pellach i economi'r DU, a hyn yn dilyn degawd o fesurau cyni, Brexit a'r pandemig. Mae chwyddiant ar ei lefel uchaf ers 40 mlynedd ac mae costau ynni wedi cynyddu’n ddychrynllyd.
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> "Mae chwyddiant wedi erydu grym gwario ein cyllideb ond nid yw wedi effeithio ar ein huchelgais. Rydym wedi gwneud penderfyniadau anodd iawn i sicrhau bod ein holl adnoddau'n cael eu defnyddio i helpu i gefnogi pobl, busnesau a gwasanaethau drwy'r flwyddyn anodd sydd o’n blaenau."


Mae cyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru werth hyd at £1bn yn llai y flwyddyn nesaf na phan gafodd ei chyhoeddi'n wreiddiol, a hyd at £3bn yn llai dros gyfnod yr adolygiad o wariant dair blynedd o 2022\-23 i 2024\-25\.


O ganlyniad i drefniadau cyllido Llywodraeth y DU yn dilyn ymadawiad y DU â’r UE, mae diffyg o £1\.1bn yng nghyllid Cymru hefyd o'i gymharu â phan yr oedd yn elwa ar gronfeydd strwythurol a gwledig yr UE.