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Childcare regulation, through the registration of childminders and day care settings, gives families valuable reassurance about the quality of their children’s childcare. At present, childcare settings in Wales are only required to register to provide care for children up to the age of 8 years. Although settings may take children over this age, their care is not currently subject to regulation.


The Independent Review of Childcare and Early Education Registration, Regulation and Inspection, recommended all childcare, including provision for children aged 8 and over, should be registered.


Today, I am pleased to announce the launch of a consultation on proposed changes to childcare registration and regulation in Wales. The consultation focuses on extending the regulation of childcare to include provision for children aged 8 and over. The consultation also considers the implications of proposed changes on providers and the transitional arrangements necessary to minimise the burden on them.


The consultation document provides more detail on the proposals, including proposed changes to the National Minimum Standards against which all registered settings are required to comply.


I welcome views from all stakeholders on our proposals around childcare registration and regulation in Wales. Responses to the consultation will help inform the Welsh Government’s understanding of the implications of proposed changes on the childcare sector and ensure we have a proportionate, balanced regulation model in place for children of all ages.


The consultation will run for 12 weeks until 5 June 2015\.







Translation:


 
Mae rheoleiddio gofal plant, drwy gofrestru gwarchodwyr plant a sefydliadau gofal dydd, yn rhoi sicrwydd gwerthfawr i deuluoedd ynghylch ansawdd gofal eu plant. Ar hyn o bryd, mae'n rhaid i sefydliadau gofal plant yn Nghymru gofrestru i ddarparu gofal i blant hyd at wyth mlwydd oed. Er y gall sefydliadau dderbyn plant dros yr oedran hwn, nid oes yn rhaid rheoleiddio'r gofal ar hyn o bryd.

Roedd yr Adolygiad Annibynnol o Gofrestru, Rheoleiddio ac Arolygu Gofal Plant ac Addysg Gynnar yn argymell y dylai pob math o ofal plant, gan gynnwys y ddarpariaeth ar gyfer plant wyth oed a throsodd, gael ei gofrestru.

Heddiw, rwy'n falch iawn o gyhoeddi lansiad ymgynghoriad ar y newidiadau arfaethedig i gofrestru a rheoleiddio gofal plant yng Nghymru. Mae'r ymgynghoriad yn canolbwyntio ar ehangu'r gofyniad i reoleiddio gofal plant i gynnwys y ddarpariaeth ar gyfer plant wyth oed a hŷn. Mae'r ymgynghoriad hefyd yn ystyried goblygiadau y newidiadau arfaethedig ar ddarparwyr, a'r trefniadau dros dro sydd eu hangen i ysgafnhau'r baich ar ddarparwyr.

Bydd y ddogfen ymgynghori yn rhoi mwy o fanylion ar y cynigion, gan cynnwys newidiadau arfaethedig i'r Safonau Gofynnol Cenedlaethol, y mae disgwyl i bob sefydliad cofrestredig gydymffurfio â hwy.

Rwy'n croesawu safbwyntiau pob rhanddeiliad ar ein cynigion yn gysylltiedig â gofal plant yng Nghymru. Bydd yr ymatebion i'r ymgynghoriad yn helpu i lywio dealltwriaeth Llywodraeth Cymru o oblygiadau'r newidiadau arfaethedig i'r sector gofal plant, a bydd yn helpu i sicrhau fod gennym fodel rheoleiddio cymesur, cytbwys ar gael i blant o bob oedran.

Cynhelir yr ymgynghoriad am ddeuddeg wythnos hyd at 5 Mehefin 2015\.