English: I'd like to thank the Chair, Lynne Neagle, and the Children, Young People and Education Committee for undertaking a valuable piece of work and shining a light on this aspect of the Flying Start programme. I also note with interest the response from the Welsh Government. One of the driving forces for being in politics, I would hope, for everybody in this room, is to help in whatever way to eradicate poverty within our communities, however much worsened this has been through the ongoing UK austerity agenda. We know that Flying Start and its groundbreaking outreach programme makes a vital contribution to the Welsh Labour Government's national strategy 'Prosperity for All', which strongly identifies the early years as a priority area. I do wholeheartedly welcome the internationally recognised good practice of Flying Start, both in Islwyn, where I've seen the difference on the ground in the council estate that I live in, and throughout Wales, and I welcome the specific work of the committee on this aspect of the programme. Flying Start, as we know, is currently being delivered to over 37,000 children under four years of age living in some of the most deprived areas of Wales via a place-based mechanism. That equates to around 25 per cent of all children under the age of four in Wales. It is right that a place-based approach, with flexibility around lower super-output areas, which does take into account sub-ward level data, is used around the WIMD data. So, will the Cabinet Secretary expand on how Welsh Government can effectively offer a sensible level of monitoring of the programme, without adding burdensome bureaucracy? Because this programme has had clear discernable outcomes for families in poverty, and there is often an inclination to seek immediate hard outcomes with such programmes, and it's always difficult to measure the softer outcomes of self-esteem and confidence - often not in place for many years to come. So, I do believe, to speak across the Chamber, if I may, that it is right to ask the parents, and also to write to the Welsh Government seeking to reduce the reporting burden on local authorities, and that Welsh Government has reduced and streamlined, as has been asked for many times with this programme, and that - [ Interruption.] I haven't got time, unfortunately. This was widely welcomed and called for during this programme roll-out. So, finally, can the Cabinet Secretary then outline how we can work smarter to achieve even more in this groundbreaking measure, alongside our partners in local government, without adding to their already data-heavy workload, but better targeting all those in need across Wales?
Welsh: Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Cadeirydd, Lynne Neagle, a'r Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg am gyflawni gwaith gwerthfawr a thaflu goleuni ar yr agwedd hon ar raglen Dechrau'n Deg. Nodaf hefyd â diddordeb yr ymateb gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Un o'r grymoedd ysgogol ar gyfer mynd i fyd gwleidyddiaeth, buaswn yn gobeithio, i bawb yn yr ystafell hon, yw helpu ym mha bynnag ffordd i ddileu tlodi yn ein cymunedau, ni waeth faint yn waeth y bu yn sgil agenda gyni parhaus y DU. Rydym yn gwybod bod Dechrau'n Deg a'i raglen allgymorth arloesol yn gwneud cyfraniad hollbwysig i strategaeth genedlaethol Lywodraeth Lafur Cymru 'Ffyniant i Bawb', sy'n nodi'n gryf fod y blynyddoedd cynnar yn faes blaenoriaeth. Rwy'n croesawu ymarfer da rhyngwladol cydnabyddedig Dechrau'n Deg, yn Islwyn, lle rwyf wedi gweld y gwahaniaeth ar lawr gwlad yn yr ystâd dai cyngor rwy'n byw ynddi, a ledled Cymru, ac rwy'n croesawu gwaith penodol y pwyllgor ar yr agwedd hon ar y rhaglen. Fel y gwyddom, mae Dechrau'n Deg ar hyn o bryd yn cael ei darparu i dros 37,000 o blant dan bedair oed sy'n byw yn rhai o ardaloedd mwyaf difreintiedig Cymru drwy ddull sy'n seiliedig ar le. Mae hynny'n cyfateb i tua 25 y cant o'r holl blant o dan bedair oed yng Nghymru. Mae'n iawn fod dull yn seiliedig ar le, gyda hyblygrwydd ynghylch ardaloedd cynnyrch ehangach is, sy'n ystyried data ar lefel is-ward, yn cael ei ddefnyddio gyda data'r Mynegai Amddifadedd Lluosog ar gyfer Cymru. Felly, a wnaiff Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ymhelaethu ar sut y gall Llywodraeth Cymru gynnig lefel synhwyrol o fonitro effeithiol ar y rhaglen, heb ychwanegu biwrocratiaeth feichus? Oherwydd mae'r rhaglen hon wedi sicrhau canlyniadau amlwg i deuluoedd mewn tlodi, ac mae tueddiad yn aml i geisio canlyniadau caled ar unwaith gyda rhaglenni o'r fath, ac mae bob amser yn anodd mesur canlyniadau mwy meddal fel hunan-barch a hyder - nad ydynt yn eu lle am flynyddoedd lawer i ddod. Felly, rwy'n credu, a siarad ar draws y Siambr os caf, ei bod hi'n iawn i ofyn i'r rhieni, a hefyd i ysgrifennu at Lywodraeth Cymru i ofyn am leihau'r baich adrodd ar awdurdodau lleol, a bod Llywodraeth Cymru wedi lleihau a symleiddio, fel y gofynnwyd iddi wneud sawl tro gyda'r rhaglen hon, a bod - [ Torri ar draws.] Nid oes gennyf amser, yn anffodus. Cafodd hyn groeso eang a galwyd amdano yn ystod y broses o gyflwyno'r rhaglen. Felly, yn olaf, a all Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet amlinellu sut y gallwn weithio'n ddoethach i gyflawni mwy eto gyda'r mesur arloesol hwn, ochr yn ochr â'n partneriaid mewn llywodraeth Leol, heb ychwanegu at eu llwyth gwaith sydd eisoes yn drwm ar ddata, ond gan dargedu pawb sydd mewn angen ar draws Cymru yn well?