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Mae pandemig y coronafeirws wedi dangos pwysigrwydd cysylltedd band eang mewn cartrefi a busnesau ledled Cymru boed hynny ar gyfer dysgu gartref, cysylltu gydag anwyliaid neu weithio gartref.


Bydd yr Aelodau’n ymwybodol o’r gwaith yr ydym wedi’i wneud dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf a’r ffordd y mae’r buddsoddiad hwn wedi trawsnewid y sefyllfa ddigidol yng Nghymru.  Byddant hefyd yn gwybod bod rhagor o waith i’w wneud.  Heddiw rwyf am roi’r newyddion diweddaraf i’r Aelodau ar ddatblygiadau pellach.


Cafodd Arolwg o’r Farchnad Agored (OMR) ei gynnal yn ail hanner y llynedd. Roedd hwn yn brosiect mawr gyda’r diwydiant telathrebu, i weld pa safleoedd oedd yn dal i fod heb gysylltiad ag o leiaf band eang cyflym iawn neu lle nad oedd cynlluniau i’w cysylltu.  Gwelwyd bod rhyw 79,000 o safleoedd (safleoedd ‘gwyn’ fel y’u gelwid) heb gysylltiad â band eang cyflym iawn ac nad oedd cynlluniau ar y gweill am y tair blynedd nesaf i’w cysylltu.  Mae’r data wedi’u cyhoeddi bellach ar ein gwefan a bydd dadansoddiad o’r safleoedd ‘gwyn’ yn ôl awdurdod lleol wedi’i atodi i’r datganiad hwn.


Byddwn yn parhau i gefnogi’r rheini sydd dal i fod heb gysylltiad trwy amrywiaeth o fesurau.  Budd Aelodau yn ymwybodol bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi bod yn darparu ychwanegiad i’r Cynllun Talebau Band Eang Gigabit o dan arweiniad Llywodraeth Cymru i adlewyrchu’r costau uwch sy’n gysylltiedig â chysylltedd ffibr llawn yng Nghymru.  Mae’r cynllun bellach wedi dod i ben ac wedi’i ddisodli gan y prosiect Cysylltedd Gigabit Gwledig.  Rwy’n falch iawn i’ch hysbysu ein bod wedi cymryd camau pellach i gynnig adnoddau ychwanegol gan Lywodraeth Cymru er mwyn sicrhau pecyn hael o fesurau ar gyfer Cymru nad oes gwell ar gael yn unrhyw le arall yn y DU. Byddwn yn cynnig £1,500 yn ychwanegol i eiddo preswyl a £3,500 ar gyfer busnesau yng Nghymru.  Bydd hyn yn mynd â’r uchafswm sydd ar gael ar gyfer eiddo yng Nghymru i £3,000 a £7,000 yn y drefn honno.  I helpu i sicrhau bod y cyllid yn cael ei ddefnyddio ar eiddo sydd ei angen fwyaf, dim ond eiddo ‘gwyn’ fydd yn gymwys.  Bydd y cyllid ychwanegol ond yn cael ei ryddhau pan fyddwn yn mynd y tu hwnt i uchafsymiau cyllido y DU.


Fel yr amlinellir yng nghasgliadau OMR mae cartrefi a busnesau yng Nghymru nad yw’r farchnad yn darparu ar eu cyfer. Rydym yn defnyddio ein cyllid er mwyn cyflawni dulliau cysylltu newydd a blaengar o gysylltu cymunedau cyfan, trwy gydweithio â llywodraeth leol a mentrau cymdeithasol drwy ein Cronfa Band Eang Lleol gwerth £10 miliwn a ddisgrifiais ym mis Tachwedd y llynedd. Mae’r gwaith ar y Gronfa wedi’i hatal dros dro oherwydd bod adnoddau o fewn Llywodraeth Cymru ac awdurdodau lleol wedi’u hailddosbarthu er mwyn mynd i’r afael â phandemig y coronafeirws. Erbyn hyn, fodd bynnag, mae’r cynllun wedi ailddechrau.


Mae cynllun Allwedd Band Eang Cymru yn parhau i ddatrys problemau ynghylch cysylltedd ac mae fy swyddogion wedi gweithio i symleiddio’r broses ymgeisio i’w gwneud yn gyflymach a haws.


Byddaf yn parhau i ddarparu y newyddion diweddaraf i’r Aelodau.


**Crynodeb yn** **ô****l awdurdod lleol**.




| **Awdurdod Lleol** | **Gwyn** |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLAENAU GWENT | 1,354 |  |
| PEN\-Y\-BONT AR OGWR | 2,403 |  |
| BWRDEISTREF SIROL CAERFFILI | 2,017 |  |
| CAERDYDD | 2,769 |  |
| SIR GAERFYRDDIN | 9,480 |  |
| CEREDIGION | 5,246 |  |
| GORLLEWIN CAER A CHAER \* | 3 |  |
| CONWY | 3,295 |  |
| SIR DDINBYCH | 4,509 |  |
| SIR Y FFLINT | 2,970 |  |
| SWYDD GAERLOYW \* | 1 |  |
| GWYNEDD | 6,006 |  |
| YNYS MÔN | 2,801 |  |
| MERTHYR TUDFUL | 805 |  |
| SIR FYNWY | 2,405 |  |
| CASTELL\-NEDD PORT TALBOT | 1,650 |  |
| CASNEWYDD | 2,013 |  |
| SIR BENFRO | 6,366 |  |
| POWYS | 10,701 |  |
| RHONDDA CYNON TAF | 3,544 |  |
| SWYDD AMWYTHIG \* | 5 |  |
| ABERTAWE | 3,052 |  |
| TORFAEN | 1,071 |  |
| BRO MORGANNWG | 1,857 |  |
| WRECSAM | 2,700 |  |
| **Cyfanswm** | **79,023** |  |


\* Mae’r lleoliadau hyn o fewn Cymru ond maent wedi’u categoreiddio fel rhai sy’n gysylltiedig ag Awdurdod Lleol yn Lloegr.







Translation:


 
The coronavirus pandemic has demonstrated the importance of broadband connectivity for homes and businesses across Wales whether that is for home learning, staying in touch with loved ones or working from home.


Members will know the work that we have carried out over recent years and the way this investment has transformed the digital landscape in Wales. They will also know there is still more work to do. Today I want to update Members on further developments


An Open Market Review (OMR) exercise was carried out in the latter half of last year.  This was a large data exercise, working with the telecommunications industry, to identify those properties that remain without access to at least superfast broadband or are not in any plans to receive it. The OMR found that there are around 79,000 properties (categorised as ‘white’ premises) that do not have access to superfast broadband and are not in any plans to be given access in the next three years. The data has now been published on our website and a breakdown of ‘white’ premises by local authority is attached to this statement.


We will continue to support those still not connected through our range of measures. Members will be aware that the Welsh Government has been providing a top\-up to the UK Government led Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme to reflect the higher costs of providing full fibre connectivity in Wales. The scheme has now come to an end and has been replaced by the Rural Gigabit Connectivity project. I am pleased to inform you that we are again stepping in to provide additional Welsh Government resources to give Wales a generous package of measures not bettered anywhere in the UK. We will provide a Wales top\-up for the new scheme of an additional £1,500 for residential properties and £3,500 for businesses. This will take the maximum available to premises in Wales £3,000 and £7,000 respectively. To help focus the funding on properties that need it most only ‘white’ premises will be eligible. The top\-up funding will only be released when the UK funding ceilings are breached.


As clearly demonstrated in the findings of the OMR there remain homes and businesses in Wales that aren’t being served by the market. So we are using our funding to deliver new and innovative ways of connecting whole communities working with local government and social enterprises through our £10 million Local Broadband Fund, which I outlined in November last year. Work on the fund had been paused because resources both within the Welsh Government and local authorities have been redeployed to deal with the coronavirus pandemic, however, the scheme is now underway.


The Access Broadband Cymru scheme continues to deliver connectivity solutions and my officials have worked to streamline the application process to make it easier and quicker.


I will continue to provide updates to Members.


**Breakdown by local authority**.




| Local Authority | White |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| BLAENAU GWENT | 1,354 |  |
| BRIDGEND | 2,403 |  |
| CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH | 2,017 |  |
| CARDIFF | 2,769 |  |
| CARMARTHENSHIRE | 9,480 |  |
| CEREDIGION | 5,246 |  |
| CHESHIRE WEST AND CHESTER \* | 3 |  |
| CONWY | 3,295 |  |
| DENBIGHSHIRE | 4,509 |  |
| FLINTSHIRE | 2,970 |  |
| GLOUCESTERSHIRE \* | 1 |  |
| GWYNEDD | 6,006 |  |
| ISLE OF ANGLESEY | 2,801 |  |
| MERTHYR TYDFIL | 805 |  |
| MONMOUTHSHIRE | 2,405 |  |
| NEATH PORT TALBOT | 1,650 |  |
| NEWPORT | 2,013 |  |
| PEMBROKESHIRE | 6,366 |  |
| POWYS | 10,701 |  |
| RHONDDA CYNON TAFF | 3,544 |  |
| SHROPSHIRE \* | 5 |  |
| SWANSEA | 3,052 |  |
| TORFAEN | 1,071 |  |
| VALE OF GLAMORGAN | 1,857 |  |
| WREXHAM | 2,700 |  |
| **Total** | **79,023** |  |


\* These premises are physically within Wales but are categorised by Address Base Premium as being associated with an English Local Authority.