English: I thank the Member for those questions. He's right to point out that the census results were disappointing, but he also will remember that there is a range of data in this area that shows a slightly more complex picture than, perhaps, that one source of data, very important though it is. So, the task for us is to look at the data in its entirety, but there are more children in Welsh-medium schools than seem to have been declared as speaking Welsh in the census in a particular year group - to the point that he was making about the expansion of Welsh-medium schools. I think that's an indication that we need to dig a little bit further about the context for that data as well. He will also know that increasing availability to Welsh-medium schools is a fundamental part of being able to meet our 'Cymraeg 2050' strategy targets. The 10-year Welsh in education strategic plans, which all 22 authorities have submitted and which I have approved, have ambitious plans, not solely to move schools along the linguistic continuum towards greater use and delivery through the medium of Welsh, but also the construction of 23 new primary schools over the course of the plan, which is a significant investment. He will also probably be aware that, in addition to the intervention rate that applies broadly under the band B programme, which is, roughly speaking, between 65 and 85 per cent of the cost, depending on the nature of the school, for a limited number of projects, we have been able to provide a higher intervention rate for Welsh-medium provision, in order to be able to ensure that happens at pace. But I've made clear to local authority partners, and they have welcomed this, that future investment under the sustainable communities for learning investment programme will take cognisance of progress in delivering the WESPs as well, which I'm sure he'll be keen to hear. He's right to point out how important active travel is as part of any site design for projects that we fund. Bike and scooter storage is encouraged as part of the active travel to school design where possible, and the programme team expects stakeholders and contractors to work with schools to develop a travel plan that will support measures to increase active travel and environmentally sustainable travel more broadly to school. He raised a very important point about the impact on particular projects. I'm bound say at this point that there's a large number of projects that are looking at a very different cost profile to those that perhaps they were embarking on when they submitted their business cases to us. That's a common problem across the construction sector, as I know that he appreciates, and we touched on this in the recent committee discussion when my budget was being scrutinised. We are working with authorities on a bespoke basis in relation to each individual programme to understand the inflation impact on the cost for that project, and what can be done to look at the specification, perhaps, in some circumstances. In other circumstances - and there are many examples of this - where there has been increased cost, we've been able to agree terms on which we can share some of those costs with schools. We'll want to continue to make good use of the significant funding that we have made available, and I think, as he can see from the statement, we need to flexible in how we support our local authorities to deliver on that with us.
Welsh: Diolch i'r Aelod am y cwestiynau hynny. Mae'n iawn i nodi bod canlyniadau'r cyfrifiad yn siomedig, ond bydd hefyd yn cofio bod amrywiaeth o ddata yn y maes hwn sy'n dangos darlun ychydig yn fwy cymhleth na'r un ffynhonnell ddata honno efallai, er ei bod yn bwysig iawn. Felly, y dasg inni yw edrych ar y data yn eu cyfanrwydd, ond mae mwy o blant mewn ysgolion cyfrwng Cymraeg nag sydd wedi'u datgan. mae'n ymddangos, yn y cyfrifiad sy'n siarad Cymraeg mewn grŵp blwyddyn benodol - i'r pwynt yr oedd yn ei wneud ynghylch ehangu ysgolion Cymraeg. Rwy'n credu bod hynny'n arwydd bod angen i ni ymchwilio ychydig ymhellach am y cyd-destun ar gyfer y data hynny hefyd. Bydd hefyd yn gwybod bod sicrhau bod rhagor o ysgolion Cymraeg ar gael yn rhan sylfaenol o allu cyrraedd ein targedau strategaeth 'Cymraeg 2050'. Mae gan y cynlluniau strategol y Gymraeg mewn addysg 10 mlynedd, y mae pob un o'r 22 o awdurdodau wedi eu cyflwyno, ac yr wyf i wedi eu cymeradwyo, gynlluniau uchelgeisiol, nid yn unig i symud ysgolion ar hyd y continwwm ieithyddol tuag at fwy o ddefnydd a darpariaeth drwy gyfrwng y Gymraeg, ond hefyd adeiladu 23 o ysgolion cynradd newydd dros gyfnod y cynllun, sy'n fuddsoddiad sylweddol. Mae'n debyg y bydd hefyd yn ymwybodol, yn ogystal â'r gyfradd ymyrraeth sy'n berthnasol yn fras o dan y rhaglen band B, sydd, yn fras, rhwng 65 ac 85 y cant o'r gost, yn dibynnu ar natur yr ysgol, ar gyfer nifer cyfyngedig o brosiectau, rydym wedi gallu darparu cyfradd ymyrraeth uwch ar gyfer darpariaeth cyfrwng Cymraeg, er mwyn gallu sicrhau bod hynny'n digwydd yn gyflym. Ond, rydw i wedi egluro i bartneriaid awdurdodau lleol, ac maen nhw wedi croesawu hyn, y bydd buddsoddiad yn y dyfodol o dan y rhaglen buddsoddi cymunedau cynaliadwy ar gyfer dysgu yn golygu rhoi sylw i gynnydd wrth ddarparu'r Cynlluniau Strategol Cymraeg mewn Addysg hefyd, ac rwy'n siŵr y bydd yn awyddus i'w glywed. Mae e'n iawn i nodi pwysigrwydd teithio llesol fel rhan o unrhyw gynllun safle ar gyfer prosiectau yr ydym yn eu hariannu. Anogir storio beiciau a sgwteri fel rhan o'r teithio llesol wrth gynllunio ysgolion lle bo modd, ac mae tîm y rhaglen yn disgwyl i randdeiliaid a chontractwyr weithio gydag ysgolion i ddatblygu cynllun teithio a fydd yn cefnogi mesurau i gynyddu teithio llesol a theithio amgylcheddol gynaliadwy yn ehangach i'r ysgol. Cododd bwynt pwysig iawn am yr effaith ar brosiectau penodol. Rwy'n siŵr o ddweud ar hyn o bryd bod nifer fawr o brosiectau sydd â phroffil cost gwahanol iawn i'r rhai hynny efallai yr oeddynt yn cychwyn arnynt pan gyflwynon nhw eu hachosion busnes i ni. Mae hynny'n broblem gyffredin ar draws y sector adeiladu, ac rwy'n gwybod ei fod yn gwerthfawrogi hynny, a gwnaethon ni gyffwrdd â hyn yn nhrafodaeth y pwyllgor yn ddiweddar pan graffwyd ar fy nghyllideb. Rydym yn gweithio gydag awdurdodau yn bwrpasol mewn perthynas â phob rhaglen unigol i ddeall effaith chwyddiant ar y gost ar gyfer y prosiect hwnnw, a beth y gellir ei wneud i edrych ar y fanyleb, o bosibl, mewn rhai amgylchiadau. Mewn amgylchiadau eraill - ac mae llawer o enghreifftiau o hyn - lle cafwyd cost gynyddol, rydym wedi gallu cytuno ar delerau lle gallwn ni rannu rhai o'r costau hynny ag ysgolion. Byddwn am barhau i wneud defnydd da o'r cyllid sylweddol rydym wedi'i ddarparu, ac rwy'n credu, fel y gall weld o'r datganiad, bod angen i ni fod yn hyblyg yn y modd yr ydym yn cefnogi ein hawdurdodau lleol i gyflawni hynny gyda ni.