English: Thank you for your statement. There has been some success in this area, so I'd like to welcome the headline figures, but the statement does give us a very idealistic picture, which masks some of the problems that are developing in this area. The first thing that I have to ask is: could we have a better delivery system in terms of learning in the workplace? At present, money will be procured by training providers, which, to a certain extent, have created a false market, because they're sustained by Welsh Government funding. Do you think it would be better to tackle apprenticeships by having an education system for individuals and funding apprenticeships in a way that reflects that? Have you considered alternative models that would see new partnerships with local authorities and FE colleges, for example, and linking employers directly, or through non-profit organisations, rather than private training providers? In Denmark, for example, apprenticeships and training based in the workplace are funded by the central Government and the regional Government, working directly with employers and ensuring that apprenticeships, and those who receive training, are funded through public education services. This gives more flexibility and portability if, for example, someone would like to change their apprenticeship while staying in that education system. So, I'd like to ask you whether you've looked at alternative models. Could you also outline briefly the decision that was made to exclude the current procurement exercise for the employment support programme Wales Working? I tried to ask a question last week, but it wasn't chosen, but the sector found that this procurement had been excluded, but Assembly Members hadn't had the statement until the end of last week. If this is a new strategy with a new agenda, how is continuing with the old system going to achieve that? I'd like to understand the Government's thinking on that. Moving on to Welsh language apprenticeships, a number of us are very concerned about the figures that I've seen from Cymdeithas yr Iaith from 2017 to 2019. Only 230 out of the 58,665, or 0.39 per cent, were Welsh-medium apprenticeships. If we are really serious about reaching the million Welsh speakers that we discuss here every day, then we need a variety of different skills through Welsh-medium apprenticeships. How are you going to expand this number significantly and ensure that appropriate areas of Wales can have more apprenticeships through the medium of Welsh? For example, if we have housing associations in areas where Welsh is very strong, shouldn't apprenticeships have more access to that kind of apprenticeship through the medium of Welsh? What are you going to do about that? As has been stated earlier, the Equalities and Human Rights Commission has said that we need to do much more work to get women into apprenticeships and not just in those apprenticeships that women are often linked to historically. There are a number of opportunities in the building and manufacturing industries, but it's men, chiefly, who are having access to those and then getting better pay because of that. So, what are you going to do to ensure that that inequality comes to an end? I've brought this issue to you before in terms of the potential to give free transport to those who are undertaking apprenticeships, if, perhaps, they live a long distance away from where they want to get to. I've had people in my area saying that it's impossible for them to travel to their apprenticeships because they can't get there to do that apprenticeship. So, what are you doing about that?
Welsh: Diolch am y datganiad yma. Mae wedi bod peth llwyddiant yn y maes yma, felly hoffwn groesawu'r prif ffigurau, ond mae'r datganiad yn darlunio llun delfrydol iawn sydd yn masgio rhai o'r problemau a'r penblethau sydd yn datblygu yn y maes yma. Y peth cyntaf sy'n rhaid imi ofyn yw: a allem ni gael system ddelifro gwell yn nhermau y ffordd i addysgu yn y gweithle? Yn bresennol, bydd arian yn cael ei gaffael gan ddarparwyr hyfforddiant, sydd, i ryw raddau, wedi creu marchnad ffals, gan eu bod nhw yn cael eu cynnal gan arian Llywodraeth Cymru. A ydych chi'n credu y byddai'n well mynd i'r afael â phrentisiaethau trwy gael gwasanaeth addysg i unigolion ac ariannu prentisiaethau mewn ffordd sy'n adlewyrchu hynny? Ydych chi wedi ystyried modelau amgen a fyddai'n gweld partneriaethau newydd gydag awdurdodau lleol a cholegau addysg bellach, er enghraifft, gan gysylltu cyflogwyr yn uniongyrchol, neu drwy sefydliad dielw, yn hytrach na darparwyr hyfforddiant preifat? Yn Nenmarc, er enghraifft, mae prentisiaethau a hyfforddiant yn seiliedig ar waith yn cael eu hariannu trwy'r Llywodraeth ganolog a'r Llywodraeth ranbarthol gan weithio yn uniongyrchol â chyflogwyr a sicrhau bod prentisiaethau, a'r rheini sy'n derbyn yr hyfforddiant, yn cael eu hariannu trwy wasanaethau addysg gyhoeddus? Mae hyn yn rhoi mwy o hyblygrwydd a hygludedd - portability - os, er enghraifft, hoffai rywun newid eu prentisiaeth wrth aros yn yr amgylchedd addysg hynny. Felly, rwy'n gofyn ichi a ydych chi wedi edrych ar fodelau amgen. A allwch chi hefyd amlinellu'n fyr y penderfyniad a wnaed i hepgor ymarferiad caffael presennol ar gyfer rhaglen gymorth cyflogaeth Cymru'n Gweithio? Gwnes i geisio gofyn cwestiwn wythnos diwethaf, ond nid oedd wedi cael ei ddewis, ond roedd y sector wedi cael darganfod bod y gwaith caffael yma wedi cael ei hepgor, ond nid oedd Aelodau'r Cynulliad wedi cael y datganiad hyd nes ddiwedd yr wythnos diwethaf. Os yw hon yn strategaeth newydd gydag agenda newydd, sut felly fydd parhau â'r hen system yn adlewyrchu hynny? Hoffwn i ddeall yr hyn sydd tu ôl i feddylfryd y Llywodraeth yn hynny o beth. I symud ymlaen at brentisiaethau iaith Gymraeg, mae nifer ohonom ni yn poeni yn fawr ynglŷn â'r ffigurau dwi wedi'u gweld gan Gymdeithas yr Iaith o 2017 i 2019. Dim ond 230 allan o 58,665, neu 0.39 y cant o'r cyfanswm, oedd yn brentisiaethau trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg. Os ydyn ni wir yn ddifrifol am gyrraedd y filiwn o siaradwyr rydym ni'n trafod yma o ddydd i ddydd, yna mae angen amryw o broffesiynau a chrefftau ar gael trwy brentisiaethau yn yr iaith Gymraeg. Sut ydych chi'n mynd i fynd ati i ehangu ar y nifer yma yn sylweddol a sicrhau bod ardaloedd priodol yng Nghymru yn gallu cael mwy o brentisiaethau trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg? Er enghraifft, os ydym ni'n cael cymdeithasau tai mewn ardaloedd lle mae'r Gymraeg yn gryf, oni ddylai prentisiaethau gael mwy o fynediad i'r fath hynny o brentisiaethau trwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg? Beth ydych chi'n mynd i'w wneud ar hyn? Fel sydd wedi cael ei nodi yn gynharach, mae'r Comisiwn Cydraddoldeb a Hawliau Dynol yn dweud bod angen gwneud lot mwy o waith i gael menywod i mewn i brentisiaethau, ac nid dim ond yn y prentisiaethau hynny y mae menywod yn cael eu cysylltu â nhw yn hanesyddol. Mae nifer o gyfleon yn y byd adeiladu, gweithgynhyrchu, ond dynion ar hyn o bryd sydd yn cael mynediad atyn nhw, ac wedyn yn cael cyflog gwell yn sgil hynny. Felly, beth ydych chi'n mynd i'w wneud i sicrhau bod yr anghysondeb yma yn dod i ben? Rwyf wedi dod â'r mater yma i chi o'r blaen ynglŷn â potentially rhoi trafnidiaeth am ddim i bobl sydd ar brentisiaethau, os ydyn nhw, efallai, yn byw ymhell i ffwrdd o'r lle maen nhw angen ei gyrraedd. Dwi wedi cael pobl yn fy ardal i yn dweud ei bod yn amhosib iddyn nhw fynd at brentisiaeth oherwydd dŷn nhw ddim yn gallu cyrraedd y lle maen nhw'n disgwyl gorfod ei gyrraedd i wneud y brentisiaeth hynny. Felly, beth ydych chi'n ei wneud ar hynny?