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In our Programme for Government we committed to fund childcare for more parents in education and training. Following the Cooperation Agreement with Plaid Cymru this was expanded to also include support for those on the edge of work, supporting our drive to increase economic growth, tackle poverty and reduce inequalities.


The Childcare Offer for Wales provides up to 30 hours of government funded early education and childcare to 3 and 4 year olds for 48 weeks per year. The scheme, established by Welsh Government, is going from strength to strength, with more families benefiting from the Offer year on year.


Currently, whilst access to the early education element of the Offer is universal, access to the childcare element is only available to eligible working parents. I am therefore pleased to announce that from September of this year we will be expanding the Offer to enable parents who are in education and training to also benefit from the additional hours of funded childcare it provides.


This is a first step towards achieving the commitment set out in the Programme for Government and within the Cooperation Agreement with Plaid Cymru.


Evaluations of the Childcare Offer have shown that it is having a positive impact on parents’ ability to increase their earnings and creating more employment options for parents. Increasing support with childcare costs for parents in education and training reflects the value placed on supporting those seeking to improve their employment prospects by gaining qualifications, retraining or changing career paths.


The expansion of the Offer will focus initially on parents who are enrolled on higher and further education courses. Once this change has been implemented, we will look include additional cohorts of learners over time. This could include those in adult learning, work based learning, community learning and also those undertaking more short term learning, including ESOL courses.


In addition, I can also announce that from the 1st April, the Childcare offer will be expanded to enable eligible parents who are on adoption leave to access the Offer for the child who is the subject of the adoption, provided this in line with their Adoption Support Plan.


These expansions of the Childcare Offer are a first step in better meeting the needs of families in Wales, demonstrating our commitment to support working families with the costs of childcare.







Translation:


 
Yn ein Rhaglen Lywodraethu, gwnaethom ymrwymo i gyllido gofal plant i ragor o rieni sy'n ymgymryd ag addysg a hyfforddiant. Yn dilyn y Cytundeb Cydweithio â Phlaid Cymru, cafodd yr ymrwymiad hwn ei ymestyn i gefnogi’r rheini sydd ar gyrion gwaith hefyd, gan ategu ein hymdrechion i gynyddu twf economaidd, mynd i'r afael â thlodi a lleihau anghydraddoldebau.


Mae Cynnig Gofal Plant Cymru yn darparu hyd at 30 awr o addysg gynnar a gofal a ariennir gan y Llywodraeth i blant tair a phedair oed am 48 wythnos y flwyddyn. Mae'r cynllun, a sefydlwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru, yn mynd o nerth i nerth, gyda mwy o deuluoedd yn elwa ar y Cynnig bob blwyddyn.


Ar hyn o bryd, er bod modd i bawb fanteisio ar yr elfen addysg gynnar o'r Cynnig, dim ond rhieni sy'n gweithio sy'n gymwys i gael yr elfen gofal plant. Felly mae'n bleser mawr gennyf gyhoeddi y byddwn yn ehangu'r Cynnig o fis Medi eleni i sicrhau bod modd i rieni sy'n ymgymryd ag addysg a hyfforddiant elwa ar yr oriau ychwanegol o ofal plant a ariennir y mae'n eu darparu hefyd.


Mae hwn yn gam cyntaf i wireddu’r ymrwymiad a nodwyd yn y Rhaglen Lywodraethu ac yn y Cytundeb Cydweithio â Phlaid Cymru.


Mae gwerthusiadau o'r Cynnig Gofal Plant wedi dangos ei fod yn cael effaith gadarnhaol ar allu rhieni i ennill mwy o arian, ac o ran creu rhagor o opsiynau cyflogaeth i rieni. Mae cynnig rhagor o gymorth ar gyfer costau gofal plant i rieni sy'n ymgymryd ag addysg a hyfforddiant yn ei gwneud yn amlwg ein bod yn rhoi gwerth ar gefnogi pobl sy’n ceisio gwella eu cyfle i gael swydd drwy ennill cymwysterau, ailhyfforddi neu newid eu llwybr gyrfa.


I ddechrau bydd y gwaith o ehangu'r Cynnig yn canolbwyntio ar gynnwys rhieni sydd wedi cofrestru ar gyrsiau addysg uwch ac addysg bellach. Ar ôl i’r newid hwnnw gael ei weithredu, byddwn yn ystyried cynnwys carfannau ychwanegol o ddysgwyr yn y dyfodol. Gallai hyn gynnwys pobl sy'n ymgymryd â dysgu oedolion, dysgu seiliedig ar waith a dysgu yn y gymuned yn ogystal â phobl sy'n ymgymryd â dysgu tymor byr, gan gynnwys cyrsiau Saesneg ar gyfer Siaradwyr Ieithoedd Eraill. 


At hynny, gallaf hefyd gyhoeddi y bydd y Cynnig Gofal Plant yn cael ei ehangu o 1 Ebrill ymlaen i sicrhau bod modd i rieni cymwys sy'n cymryd absenoldeb mabwysiadu fanteisio ar y Cynnig ar gyfer y plentyn sy'n cael ei fabwysiadu, ar yr amod bod hynny’n unol â'i Gynllun Cymorth Mabwysiadu.


Mae'r gwaith hwn o ehangu'r Cynnig Gofal Plant yn gam cyntaf tuag at ddiwallu anghenion teuluoedd yng Nghymru yn well, gan ddangos ein hawydd i helpu teuluoedd sy'n gweithio gyda chostau gofal plant.