English: I thank you very much for those questions and for the warm welcome that you gave at the start of the contribution, and for your recognition about the importance of housing in the wider health and social care agenda. And we're not just talking about housing; you made the point that, actually, we're talking about homes, and when we listen to people, they generally tell us that home is where they want to be. I think that social care and provision of care closer to home and, ideally, at home, is certainly the way forward in supporting people to have that aspiration realised. You referred to the parliamentary review; well, our statement today is very much part of our response to that parliamentary review from the housing perspective and it's done very much in association with health and social care as well. You referred to the fact that the parliamentary review called for a new partnership between health and social services and housing. I think what we're setting out today, through the integrated care fund, is very much that new partnership and we're making sure that that has housing at its heart by ensuring that regional partnership boards will, in future, have housing as statutory members of those boards. When I was Minister for social services, I recognised then the important role that housing could make and I encouraged regional partnership boards to include housing on those boards. And, I think it's fair to say, it was done with varying degrees of success across the different regional partnership boards in Wales. In recognition of that now, we realised that now is the time to consider how we can put that on a legislative footing, so, we intend to bring forward regulations to give housing that status and focus that it really needs on those regional partnership boards. You referred to delayed transfers of care. I'll ask the Minister to write to you with the very latest statistics, but they are published monthly, I believe, by the Welsh Government. Some of those figures that we are seeing are amongst the lowest that we've ever seen in Wales since the records began, 13 or 14, I think, years ago, and that is quite extraordinary, given the fact that we are in a position now where demands on hospitals, especially in that kind of setting, are increasing. So, I recognise that we are making improvements in this area, but as I said in my statement, there is much more that we can do and that we need to do. This announcement I'm making today is part of our response to that challenge as well. You quite rightly mentioned the issue of local authorities and planning and how they can enable this kind of agenda. This was very much recognised by Professor Phillips's 'Our Housing AGEnda' report, which is referred to in the statement, and the expert group that informed that statement focused on how the planning system can better support an aging population. The revised 'Planning Policy Wales' requires planning authorities to identify where interventions may be required to deliver older people's housing when there has been a need for that locally, and this may include the identification of specific sites and policies in local development plans. Consultation on a revised draft of 'Planning Policy Wales' has recently closed, and I'm sure the Cabinet Secretary will be making an update on that very shortly. I was aware of the 'Liveable Cities' document. I was really pleased to respond to that debate just a couple of weeks ago, and it really was an excellent debate, and I think recognition from all sides about the important role of how we design our cities in terms of the benefits, or otherwise, it can bring to our health. I'm keen to see accommodation-led regeneration in our towns and cities as well, because we had questions to the First Minister today that focused on the impact that the downturn in retail and the changing patterns of consumer spend are having on the high street, and there's certainly opportunity, I think, to ensure that our high streets become places where people want to live, because there are lots of benefits there in terms of being in the middle of all of the action, and also having larger numbers of people living in our town centres is obviously good for those retail businesses that remain. In terms of adaptations, we're very focused within our new fund to ensure that adaptations do continue to be resourced as they should be. So, within that £105 million, there is a main capital programme, which would be a minimum of 75 per cent of the spend, and a discretionary capital programme, which would be a maximum of 25 per cent of the spend. Within that discretionary capital programme, we would expect regional partnership boards to consider aids and adaptations that are not supported by existing programmes and that are in support of those specific objectives of the ICF, which are older people, people with learning disabilities, children with complex needs, and carers. They could look at equipment projects, which support people to live independently in their own home and to reduce hospital admissions or speed up that hospital discharge, or other smaller scale projects in support of the ICF objectives. So, those projects could be community-led or third sector-led, because the social services and well-being Act also is very focused on ensuring that we do support those third sector organisations and co-operatives and so on to be able to deliver services within the community as well.
Welsh: Diolch ichi am y cwestiynau hynny ac am y croeso cynnes a roesoch chi ar ddechrau'r cyfraniad, ac am gydnabod pwysigrwydd tai yn yr agenda iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol ehangach. A dydyn ni ddim yn sôn am dai yn unig; fe wnaethoch chi'r pwynt, ein bod mewn gwirionedd yn sôn am gartrefi, a phan rydym yn gwrando ar bobl, maen nhw yn gyffredinol yn dweud wrthym mai gartref y maen nhw eisiau bod. Rwyf i yn sicr o'r farn mai darparu gofal cymdeithasol a gofal yn nes at y cartref ac, yn ddelfrydol, yn y cartref, yw'r ffordd ymlaen wrth gefnogi pobl i wireddu'r dyhead hwnnw. Fe wnaethoch chi gyfeirio at yr arolwg seneddol; wel, mae ein datganiad heddiw yn rhan bwysig o'n hymateb i'r adolygiad seneddol hwnnw o safbwynt tai a gwneir hynny yn sicr mewn cysylltiad ag iechyd a gofal cymdeithasol hefyd. Fe wnaethoch chi gyfeirio at y ffaith bod yr arolwg seneddol yn galw am bartneriaeth newydd rhwng iechyd a gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a thai. Rwy'n credu mai'r hyn yr ydym ni'n ei nodi heddiw, drwy'r gronfa gofal integredig, yw'r bartneriaeth newydd honno ac rydym ni'n gwneud yn siŵr bod tai wrth wraidd honno drwy sicrhau y bydd byrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol yn y dyfodol ag adrannau tai fel aelodau statudol o'r byrddau hynny. Pan oeddwn i'n Weinidog gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, fe wnes i gydnabod bryd hynny y swyddogaeth bwysig y gallai fod gan dai ac anogais fyrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol i gynnwys tai ar y byrddau hynny. Ac mae'n deg dweud, cafodd ei wneud â graddau amrywiol o lwyddiant ar draws y gwahanol fyrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol yng Nghymru. I gydnabod hynny yn awr, roeddem yn sylweddoli mai nawr yw'r amser i ystyried sut y gallwn ni roi hynny ar sylfaen ddeddfwriaethol, felly, rydym yn bwriadu cyflwyno rheoliadau i roi'r statws a'r pwyslais hwnnw i dai y mae ei angen mewn gwirionedd ar y byrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol hynny. Fe wnaethoch chi gyfeirio at oedi wrth drosglwyddo gofal. Fe wnaf ofyn i'r Gweinidog ysgrifennu atoch â'r ystadegau diweddaraf, ond maen nhw'n cael eu cyhoeddi bob mis, rwy'n credu, gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Mae rhai o'r ffigurau hynny yr ydym ni'n eu gweld ymhlith yr isaf a welsom erioed yng Nghymru ers i'r cofnodion ddechrau, 13 neu 14, rwy'n meddwl, o flynyddoedd yn ôl, ac mae hynny'n eithaf rhyfeddol, o ystyried y ffaith ein bod ni mewn sefyllfa bellach lle mae'r galw ar ysbytai, yn enwedig yn y math hwnnw o leoliad, yn cynyddu. Felly, rwy'n cydnabod ein bod yn gwneud gwelliannau yn y maes hwn, ond fel y dywedais yn fy natganiad, mae llawer mwy y gallwn ni ei wneud ac y mae angen inni ei wneud. Mae'r cyhoeddiad hwn yr wyf yn ei wneud heddiw yn rhan o'n hymateb i'r her honno hefyd. Fe wnaethoch chi sôn yn gwbl briodol am awdurdodau lleol a chynllunio a sut y gallan nhw alluogi'r math hwn o agenda. Cafodd hyn ei gydnabod yn helaeth yn adroddiad 'Tai i'r dyfodol' yr Athro Phillips, y cyfeirir ato yn y datganiad, ac fe wnaeth y grŵp arbenigol a hysbysodd y datganiad hwnnw ganolbwyntio ar sut y gall y system gynllunio gefnogi poblogaeth sy'n heneiddio yn well. Mae 'Polisi Cynllunio Cymru' diwygiedig yn ei gwneud yn ofynnol i awdurdodau cynllunio nodi lle y gallai fod angen ymyriadau i ddarparu tai ar gyfer pobl hŷn pan fydd angen am hynny yn lleol, a gallai hyn gynnwys nodi safleoedd a pholisïau penodol mewn cynlluniau datblygu lleol. Mae'r ymgynghoriad ar y drafft diwygiedig o 'Polisi Cynllunio Cymru' wedi cau yn ddiweddar, ac rwy'n siŵr y bydd Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn rhoi diweddariad ar hynny cyn bo hir. Roeddwn i'n ymwybodol o'r ddogfen 'Dinasoedd Byw'. Roeddwn i'n falch iawn i ymateb i'r ddadl honno ychydig o wythnosau yn ôl, ac roedd yn ddadl ragorol mewn gwirionedd, ac rwy'n credu y cafwyd cydnabyddiaeth o bob ochr o ba mor bwysig yw'r ffordd yr ydym yn mynd ati i ddylunio ein dinasoedd o ran y buddion, neu fel arall, y gall eu sicrhau i'n hiechyd. Rwy'n awyddus i weld adfywio a arweinir gan lety yn ein trefi a'n dinasoedd hefyd, oherwydd cawsom gwestiynau i'r Prif Weinidog heddiw yn canolbwyntio ar effaith y dirywiad mewn manwerthu a phatrymau newidiol gwariant defnyddwyr ar y stryd fawr, ac yn sicr mae yna gyfle, rwy'n meddwl, i sicrhau bod ein stryd fawr yn dod yn lle y mae pobl eisiau byw ynddo, oherwydd mae llawer o fanteision yno o ran bod yng nghanol y bwrlwm, a hefyd mae bod â llawer mwy o bobl yn byw yng nghanol ein trefi yn amlwg yn dda ar gyfer y busnesau manwerthu hynny sy'n parhau. O ran addasiadau, mae pwyslais mawr yn ein cronfa newydd ar sicrhau bod addasiadau yn parhau i gael eu hariannu fel y dylen nhw. Felly, o fewn y £105 miliwn hwnnw, mae yna brif raglen gyfalaf, sef o leiaf 75 y cant o'r gwariant, a rhaglen gyfalaf ddewisol, a fyddai'n uchafswm o 25 y cant o'r gwariant. O fewn y rhaglen gyfalaf ddewisol honno, byddem yn disgwyl i fyrddau partneriaeth rhanbarthol ystyried cymhorthion ac addasiadau nas cefnogir gan y rhaglenni presennol ac sy'n cefnogi amcanion penodol y gronfa gofal integredig, sef pobl hŷn, pobl ag anableddau dysgu, plant ag anghenion cymhleth, a gofalwyr. Gallen nhw ystyried prosiectau offer, sy'n cynorthwyo pobl i fyw'n annibynnol yn eu cartrefi eu hunain ac i leihau derbyniadau i'r ysbyty neu gyflymu'r gallu i'w rhyddhau o'r ysbyty hwnnw, neu brosiectau llai o faint eraill i gefnogi amcanion y gronfa gofal integredig. Felly, gallai'r prosiectau hynny fod dan arweiniad y gymuned neu dan arweiniad y trydydd sector, oherwydd mae yna bwyslais mawr yn y Ddeddf gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a llesiant hefyd ar sicrhau ein bod yn cefnogi'r sefydliadau a'r mentrau cydweithredol trydydd sector hynny ac ati i allu darparu gwasanaethau yn y gymuned hefyd.