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Free school lunches and milk are available to families who are in receipt of certain support payments. Children whose parents receive the following support payments are entitled to receive free school lunches and milk in maintained schools in Wales:


* Income Support
* Income Based Jobseekers Allowance
* Support under Part VI of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999
* Income\-related Employment and Support Allowance
* Child Tax Credit, provided they are not entitled to Working Tax Credit and their annual income does not exceed £16,190\. (HM Revenue and Customs are responsible for assessing the level of annual income.)
* Guarantee element of State Pension Credit.
* Working Tax Credit 'run\-on' \- the payment someone may receive for a further four weeks after they stop qualifying for Working Tax Credit.


Young people who receive Income Support or Income Based Job Seekers Allowance in their own right are also entitled to receive free school lunches/milk.


 


The introduction of Universal Credit will gradually replace many of these support payments with a single payment. Universal Credit will be gradually rolled out across the UK from October 2013 and rollout will be completed by 2017\.


The initial Universal Credit Pathfinder is running from 29 April to October 2013, and is taking claims for single people with no dependents in selected postcodes of Greater Manchester and Cheshire. For this to affect children in Wales, it would mean that recipients of Universal Credit on the Pathfinder would have to (1\) retain their entitlement to Universal Credit, (2\) move into Wales and (3\) establish a household with someone with children of school age.


As the Pathfinder becomes more embedded, with the new school year approaching and the phased rollout of Universal Credit beginning in October 2013, it is an appropriate time to make changes to the legislation in Wales.


I have therefore agreed to the laying of an Order under section 512ZB(4\) of the Education Act 1996 so that the eligibility criteria for free school lunches/milk are extended to include receipt of Universal Credit. This will be an interim Order whilst new eligibility criteria are developed, which will reflect the wider rollout of Universal Credit.


It is likely that the Order will affect only a small number of children initially, if any, so it is not anticipated that it would give rise to an undue financial burden on local authorities. Any Universal Credit recipients, who claim free school lunches/milk, might in any case have been able to claim free school lunches/milk if they had remained on their previous support payments.


We have very limited information at present on the rollout of Universal Credit. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has announced that Universal Credit will be rolled\-out, beginning with six hub Jobcentres taking new claims to the benefit, including a Jobcentre in Shotton, North Wales.  However, there is no detailed information at this stage, although DWP has indicated that more information will be made available in the autumn. When we have more detailed information, the Welsh Government will be in a position to develop new eligibility criteria for free school lunches/milk.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.







Translation:


 
Mae ciniawau ysgol a llaeth am ddim ar gael i deuluoedd sy’n derbyn taliadau cymorth penodol. Mae gan blant y mae eu rhieni’n derbyn y taliadau cymorth canlynol hawl i gael ciniawau ysgol a llaeth am ddim mewn ysgolion a gynhelir yng Nghymru:  


* Cymhorthdal Incwm
* Lwfans Ceisio Gwaith sy’n Seiliedig ar Incwm
* Cymorth o dan Ran VI o Ddeddf Mewnfudo a Lloches 1999
* Lwfans Cyflogaeth a Chymorth sy’n Gysylltiedig ag Incwm
* Credyd Treth Plant, os nad ydynt â hawl i Gredyd Treth Gwaith ac os nad yw eu hincwm blynyddol yn fwy nag £16,190\. (Cyllid a Thollau Ei Mawrhydi sy’n gyfrifol am asesu lefel yr incwm blynyddol.)
* Elfen warantedig Credyd Pensiwn y Wladwriaeth.
* Credyd Treth Gwaith am gyfnod ychwanegol – y taliad y gall rhywun ei gael am bedair wythnos arall ar ôl peidio â bod yn gymwys ar gyfer Credyd Treth Gwaith.

Mae pobl ifanc sy’n derbyn Cymhorthdal Incwm neu Lwfans Ceisio Gwaith Seiliedig ar Incwm yn eu henw eu hunain hefyd â hawl i gael ciniawau ysgol/llaeth am ddim.Bydd Credyd Cynhwysol yn raddol yn cyflwyno taliad sengl yn lle nifer o’r taliadau cymorth hyn. Bydd Credyd Cynhwysol yn cael ei gyflwyno’n raddol ledled y DU o Hydref 2013 a bydd ar gael ymhobman erbyn 2017\.

Mae’r Rhaglen Fraenaru Credyd Cynhwysol gychwynnol yn para o 29 Ebrill hyd Hydref 2013, ac mae’n derbyn hawliadau ar gyfer pobl sengl nad oes neb yn ddibynnol arnynt mewn codau post dethol ym Manceinion Fwyaf a Swydd Gaer. I hyn effeithio ar blant yng Nghymru, byddai’n rhaid i rywun sy’n derbyn Credyd Cynhwysol ar y Rhaglen Fraenaru (1\) cadw’i hawl i Gredyd Cynhwysol, (2\) symud i Gymru a (3\) sefydlu cartref gyda rhywun â phlant o oedran ysgol.

Wrth i’r Rhaglen Fraenaru ennill ei phlwyf, a chyda’r flwyddyn ysgol newydd yn agosáu a’r gwaith o gyflwyno Credyd Cynhwysol yn raddol yn cychwyn yn Hydref 2013, mae’n amser priodol i wneud newidiadau i’r ddeddfwriaeth yng Nghymru.

Rwyf felly wedi cytuno i osod Gorchymyn o dan adran 512ZB(4\) o Ddeddf Addysg 1996 er mwyn i’r meini prawf cymhwysedd ar gyfer ciniawau ysgol/llaeth am ddim gael eu hestyn i gynnwys derbyn Credyd Cynhwysol. Gorchymyn interim fydd hwn tra bod meini prawf cymhwysedd newydd yn cael eu datblygu, a fydd yn adlewyrchu cyflwyniad ehangach Credyd Cynhwysol.

Mae’n debygol mai dim ond ar nifer fach o blant (os byddai rhai o gwbl) y byddai’r Gorchymyn yn effeithio i gychwyn, felly ni ddisgwylir y byddai’n rhoi baich ariannol gormodol ar awdurdodau lleol. Mae’n bosibl y gallai unrhyw dderbynwyr Credyd Cynhwysol, sy’n hawlio ciniawau ysgol/llaeth am ddim, fod â hawl p’run bynnag i hawlio ciniawau ysgol/llaeth am ddim pe baent wedi parhau ar eu taliadau cymorth blaenorol.

Prin iawn yw’r wybodaeth sydd gennym ar hyn o bryd ar gyflwyno Credyd Cynhwysol. Mae’r Adran Gwaith a Phensiynau (DWP) wedi cyhoeddi y bydd Credyd Cynhwysol yn cael ei gyflwyno, gan gychwyn gyda chwe phrif Ganolfan Waith a fydd yn derbyn hawliadau newydd am y budd\-dal, yn cynnwys Canolfan Waith yn Shotton, Gogledd Cymru. Fodd bynnag, nid oes gwybodaeth fanwl ar hyn o bryd, er bod y DWP wedi dweud y bydd mwy o wybodaeth ar gael yn yr hydref. Pan fydd gennym wybodaeth fanylach, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru mewn sefyllfa i ddatblygu meini prawf cymhwysedd newydd ar gyfer ciniawau ysgol/llaeth am ddim.

Mae’r datganiad hwn yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad i sicrhau bod aelodau’n cael yr wybodaeth ddiweddaraf. Os bydd aelodau am i mi wneud datganiad arall neu ateb cwestiynau ar hyn pan ddaw’r Cynulliad yn ôl byddwn yn ddigon parod i wneud hynny.