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I am pleased to confirm the childcare offer for Wales will reopen to applications in August and September.


This government was elected on a pledge to provide 30 hours of early education and childcare to the working parents of three and four\-year\-olds for 48 weeks per year. This has been available throughout Wales since April last year and around 14,600 children were taking up the childcare offer in January 2020\.


We had to take the unprecedented step of pausing the childcare offer to new entrants on 1 April as a result of the coronavirus pandemic as we focused resources on supporting the childcare needs of critical workers and vulnerable children through the Coronavirus Childcare Assistance Scheme (C\-CAS).


I want to thank our local authorities for the way they have run C\-CAS and supported families with diverse and often complex needs. Childcare providers have been fantastic – many stayed open when the virus was at its peak to ensure critical workers were able to contribute effectively to the national effort against the pandemic.


Since 22 June, childcare providers have been able to care for more children and increase their operations or re\-open fully.


As schools prepare to reopen to all learners from September, parents and childcare providers will also want certainty about the childcare offer.


We have been working with our partners to explore options for restarting the offer. It will open again for applications for childcare during August and September.


Parents who would have been eligible for the offer in the summer term, but who missed out on a full\-term because they had not started taking up the offer before the pandemic, will be able to submit their applications from mid\-August. 


Applications from parents whose child becomes eligible for the offer in the autumn term will be considered from the start of September onwards. Details on the timing and how to apply will be available on local authority websites.  


Parents can take up a funded place once their local authority has processed their application and they are eligible. 


Local authorities will be able to draw on the additional support grant to ensure any child with additional needs can benefit from the offer in the same way as other children. These are the same arrangements, which were in place before the pandemic.


Local authorities will be working hard to ensure children can access the offer as soon as possible. They will inevitably be dealing with a large number of applications over a short period of time and we know that some families’ circumstances will have changed significantly over the past few months. It may take longer to approve applications than normal in some areas.   


I hope this announcement will help parents and providers to plan, with more certainty, for the future.  


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 Senedd returns I would be happy to do so.


 







Translation:


 
Rwy’n falch o gael cadarnhau y bydd cynnig gofal plant Cymru yn dechrau derbyn ceisiadau o’r newydd ym mis Awst a mis Medi.  


Etholwyd y Llywodraeth hon ar sail ymrwymiad i ddarparu 30 awr o addysg gynnar a gofal i blant tair a phedair oed rhieni sy’n gweithio, am 48 wythnos y flwyddyn. Mae hyn wedi bod ar gael ledled Cymru ers Ebrill y llynedd, ac roedd tua 14,600 o blant yn manteisio ar y cynnig gofal plant ym mis Ionawr 2020\.


Ar 1 Ebrill, yn sgil pandemig y coronafeirws, bu’n rhaid inni gymryd y cam digynsail o atal y cynnig dros dro i ymgeiswyr newydd wrth inni ganolbwyntio adnoddau ar anghenion gofal plant gweithwyr hanfodol a phlant a oedd yn agored i niwed drwy Gynllun Cymorth Gofal Plant y Coronafeirws.


Rwyf am ddiolch i’n hawdurdodau lleol am y ffordd y maent wedi rhedeg Cynllun Cymorth Gofal Plant y Coronafeirws a chefnogi teuluoedd sydd ag anghenion amrywiol a chymhleth yn aml. Mae darparwyr gofal plant wedi bod yn wych – a llawer ohonynt wedi cadw’u drysau ar agor tra oedd y feirws ar ei waethaf er mwyn sicrhau bod gweithwyr hanfodol yn gallu cyfrannu’n effeithiol at yr ymdrech genedlaethol yn erbyn y pandemig


Ers 22 Mehefin, mae darparwyr gofal plant wedi gallu gofalu am fwy o blant a chynyddu eu gweithgarwch, neu ailagor yn llawn.


Wrth i ysgolion baratoi i ailagor eu drysau i bob dysgwr o fis Medi, bydd rhieni a darparwyr gofal plant hefyd am gael sicrwydd o ran y cynnig gofal plant.


Rydym wedi bod yn gweithio gyda’n partneriaid i ymchwilio i’r opsiynau wrth ailgychwyn y cynnig. Bydd yn ailddechrau derbyn ceisiadau am ofal plant ym mis Awst a mis Medi.


Bydd modd i rieni a fyddai wedi bod yn gymwys i fanteisio ar y cynnig yn ystod tymor yr haf, ond a gollodd dymor cyfan am nad oeddent wedi dechrau defnyddio’r cynnig cyn y pandemig, yn gallu cyflwyno eu ceisiadau o ganol Awst.


Caiff ceisiadau gan rieni y bydd eu plentyn yn gymwys ar gyfer y cynnig yn yr hydref eu hystyried o ddechrau Medi ymlaen. Bydd manylion o ran pryd a sut i wneud cais ar gael ar wefannau awdurdodau lleol.  


Bydd modd i rieni fanteisio ar le unwaith y bydd eu hawdurdod lleol wedi prosesu eu cais, os ydynt yn gymwys. 


Bydd awdurdodau lleol yn gallu manteisio ar y grant cymorth ychwanegol i sicrhau bod unrhyw blentyn sydd ag anghenion ychwanegol yn gallu elwa ar y cynnig yn yr un ffordd â phlant eraill. Yr un trefniadau yw’r rhain ag oedd ar waith cyn y pandemig.


Bydd awdurdodau lleol yn gweithio’n galed i sicrhau bod modd i blant fanteisio ar y cynnig cyn gynted â phosibl. Yn anochel, byddant yn delio â nifer fawr o geisiadau dros gyfnod byr, a gwyddom y bydd amgylchiadau rhai teuluoedd wedi newid yn sylweddol dros y misoedd diwethaf. Mae’n bosibl y bydd yn cymryd yn hirach nag arfer i gymeradwyo ceisiadau mewn rhai ardaloedd.   


Rwy’n gobeithio y bydd y cyhoeddiad hwn yn helpu rhieni a ddarparwyr i wneud eu cynlluniau ar gyfer y dyfodol yn fwy hyderus.  


Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Senedd yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.