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English: I think it's important to recognise that free school meals are one part of an important package of support that we provide to children and families who are struggling. You'll have heard me already this afternoon talk about the additional funding that we're putting into the school holiday enrichment programme, which of course is not just about providing food to those families but providing opportunities to children in terms of meeting up with friends and having learning experiences through the holidays so that they don't fall behind. We've invested heavily in our pupil development grant, which is providing additional funding to schools, early years, and other settings, to enable disadvantaged learners to achieve their best educational outcomes, and in this financial year over £92 million of that was delegated directly to schools and educational settings so that they can support those families who they know need it. And you'll see, of course, additional funding to support children through the additional work we're putting in place for support for mental health, for example, so this is just one part of a wide suite of support that we are putting in place for families who are struggling. I'll just refer again to the commitment I did make at Finance Committee to share further details and information.
Welsh: Credaf ei bod yn bwysig cydnabod bod prydau ysgol am ddim yn un rhan o becyn pwysig o gymorth rydym yn ei ddarparu i blant a theuluoedd sy'n ei chael hi'n anodd. Byddwch wedi fy nghlywed yn sôn eisoes y prynhawn yma am yr arian ychwanegol rydym yn ei ddarparu ar gyfer rhaglen gwella gwyliau'r haf, sy'n ymwneud â mwy na darparu bwyd yn unig i'r teuluoedd hynny ond cyfleoedd i blant allu cyfarfod â ffrindiau a chael profiadau dysgu drwy'r gwyliau fel nad ydynt ar ei hôl hi. Rydym wedi buddsoddi'n sylweddol yn ein grant datblygu disgyblion, sy'n darparu cyllid ychwanegol i ysgolion, y blynyddoedd cynnar a lleoliadau eraill, i alluogi dysgwyr difreintiedig i gyflawni eu canlyniadau addysgol gorau, ac yn y flwyddyn ariannol hon, cafodd dros £92 miliwn o hynny ei ddirprwyo'n uniongyrchol i ysgolion a lleoliadau addysgol fel y gallant gefnogi'r teuluoedd y gwyddant eu bod ei angen. Ac wrth gwrs, fe welwch gyllid ychwanegol i gefnogi plant drwy'r gwaith ychwanegol rydym yn ei roi yn ei le ar gyfer cymorth iechyd meddwl, er enghraifft, felly un rhan yn unig yw hon o gyfres eang o raglenni cymorth rydym yn ei rhoi ar waith i deuluoedd sy'n ei chael hi'n anodd. Cyfeiriaf unwaith eto at yr ymrwymiad a wneuthum yn y Pwyllgor Cyllid i rannu rhagor o fanylion a gwybodaeth.
English: Supporting Wales's young people hardest hit by the pandemic is a priority for the Welsh Government. Together with maintaining £10 million for the youth support grant, including support to tackle youth homelessness and mental health, we are providing local government with an increase of £176 million to support vital local services.
Welsh: Mae cefnogi pobl ifanc Cymru sydd wedi'u taro galetaf gan y pandemig yn flaenoriaeth i Lywodraeth Cymru. Yn ogystal â chynnal £10 miliwn ar gyfer y grant cymorth ieuenctid, gan gynnwys cymorth i fynd i'r afael ag iechyd meddwl a digartrefedd ymhlith pobl ifanc, rydym yn darparu cynnydd o £176 miliwn i lywodraeth leol i gefnogi gwasanaethau lleol hanfodol.
English: There is obviously a great deal of concern about the viability of youth services going forward. A National Youth Agency report recently highlighted that nearly 70 per cent of youth clubs in England may be forced to close because of the Tory-led austerity squeeze on their finances via local authorities, which have forced them to cut services to the bone. I appreciate that in Wales we have endeavoured to protect local authorities from that UK austerity programme, and I'm extremely grateful that Cardiff council and indeed voluntary organisations like the YMCA have continued to provide outreach to young people on the street, even though they haven't been able to continue to deliver any support indoors during the pandemic, but we know about the rise in self-harm and suicidal thoughts amongst young people, and the fact that the closure of schools differentially impacts much more severely on disadvantaged families. How do you think we can maximise the use of this budget to ensure that both statutory youth services and the support from the voluntary and community sector can still be there for young people to help them recover from the devastating impact of this pandemic?
Welsh: Yn amlwg, mae cryn dipyn o bryder ynghylch hyfywedd gwasanaethau ieuenctid yn y dyfodol. Amlygodd adroddiad diweddar gan yr Asiantaeth Genedlaethol Ieuenctid y gallai bron i 70 y cant o glybiau ieuenctid yn Lloegr gael eu gorfodi i gau yn sgil gwasgfa cyni'r Torïaid ar eu cyllid drwy awdurdodau lleol, sydd wedi eu gorfodi i dorri gwasanaethau i'r bôn. Rwy'n derbyn ein bod ni yng Nghymru wedi gwneud pob ymdrech i ddiogelu awdurdodau lleol rhag rhaglen gyni'r DU, ac rwy'n hynod ddiolchgar fod cyngor Caerdydd, ac yn wir, sefydliadau gwirfoddol fel yr YMCA wedi parhau i ddarparu allgymorth i bobl ifanc ar y stryd, er nad ydynt wedi gallu parhau i ddarparu cymorth dan do yn ystod y pandemig, ond gwyddom am y cynnydd mewn hunan-niweidio a theimladau hunanladdol ymhlith pobl ifanc, a'r ffaith bod cau ysgolion yn effeithio'n wahaniaethol yn llawer mwy difrifol ar deuluoedd difreintiedig. Sut y credwch y gallwn wneud y defnydd gorau o'r gyllideb hon er mwyn sicrhau y gall gwasanaethau ieuenctid statudol a'r cymorth gan y sector gwirfoddol a chymunedol barhau i fod ar gael i bobl ifanc i'w helpu i ymadfer yn sgil effaith ddinistriol y pandemig hwn?
English: I wonder whether you could give us an indication of where in the budget we might find support for the Urdd and the Ethnic Minorities and Youth Support Team - that's EYST - both of whom make essential contributions to youth work my region, targeting particular groups of young people as part other Welsh Government policy work. I'm not sure that all councils look at the Urdd in particular as an organisation that can support them in a number of policy aims, especially community youth work. And I do note from your previous answer that Cardiff seems to have done quite well from the emergency money here, rather than hearing from other parts of Wales.
Welsh: Tybed a allech roi syniad i ni ble yn y gyllideb y gallem ddod o hyd i gymorth i'r Urdd a'r Tîm Cymorth Ieuenctid Ethnig - neu EYST - sydd ill dau'n gwneud cyfraniadau hanfodol i waith ieuenctid yn fy rhanbarth, yn targedu grwpiau penodol o bobl ifanc fel rhan o waith polisi arall Llywodraeth Cymru. Nid wyf yn siŵr fod pob cyngor yn edrych ar yr Urdd yn enwedig fel sefydliad a all eu cefnogi mewn nifer o nodau polisi, yn enwedig gwaith ieuenctid cymunedol. A nodaf o'ch ateb blaenorol yr ymddengys bod Caerdydd wedi gwneud yn eithaf da o'r arian argyfwng yma, yn hytrach na chlywed gan rannau eraill o Gymru.
English: I thank Suzy Davies for raising that. I did respond referring specifically to Cardiff because, of course, Jenny Rathbone was the Member who tabled the question and represents Cardiff, so I was sure to have those figures to hand to respond to that. We do support our youth services, as I say, through that £10 million funding for youth services, which is administered to both local authorities and the voluntary sector to ensure that they're able to respond together to the needs of young people right across Wales. I'm familiar with the work of EYST particularly here in Swansea and the excellent work that they do for our community. I'm really impressed by the work that the Urdd has been seeking to do right through the pandemic. You'll have seen in the response to the pandemic with our in-year allocations that the education Minister did make funding available to the Urdd to ensure that it was in a good place to come out well from the crisis, and that it, as an organisation, wouldn't have been so badly impacted that it wouldn't be able to undertake its good work, as well. So, I hope you'll be able to see some funding for next year for youth services, which is quite explicit in the draft budget, but also take confidence that, this year, we've also been making significant allocations in that regard as well.
Welsh: Diolch i Suzy Davies am godi hynny. Ymatebais gan gyfeirio'n benodol at Gaerdydd oherwydd mai Jenny Rathbone oedd yr Aelod a gyflwynodd y cwestiwn wrth gwrs, ac mae hi'n cynrychioli Caerdydd, felly roeddwn yn sicr o gael y ffigurau hynny wrth law i ymateb i hynny. Rydym yn cefnogi ein gwasanaethau ieuenctid, fel y dywedais, drwy'r cyllid hwnnw o £10 miliwn ar gyfer gwasanaethau ieuenctid, a weinyddir i awdurdodau lleol a'r sector gwirfoddol i sicrhau eu bod yn gallu ymateb gyda'i gilydd i anghenion pobl ifanc ledled Cymru. Rwy'n gyfarwydd â gwaith EYST yn enwedig yma yn Abertawe a'r gwaith rhagorol a wnânt i'n cymuned. Mae'r gwaith y mae'r Urdd wedi bod yn ceisio'i wneud drwy gydol y pandemig wedi creu argraff fawr arnaf. Byddwch wedi gweld yn yr ymateb i'r pandemig gyda'n dyraniadau yn ystod y flwyddyn fod y Gweinidog addysg wedi darparu cyllid i'r Urdd i sicrhau eu bod mewn lle da i oroesi'r argyfwng, ac na fyddent, fel sefydliad, wedi cael eu heffeithio i'r fath raddau fel na fyddai modd iddynt gyflawni eu gwaith da hefyd. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch yn gallu sicrhau rhywfaint o arian ar gyfer gwasanaethau ieuenctid y flwyddyn nesaf, sy'n eithaf clir yn y gyllideb ddrafft, ond y gallwch fod yn ffyddiog hefyd ein bod ni wedi bod yn gwneud dyraniadau sylweddol yn y ffordd honno hefyd eleni.
English: I'm grateful to the Minister for her answer, particularly to Suzy Davies. I just wanted to pursue the issue of funding for the Urdd. The funding that has already been granted has been a huge help, but I'm sure that the finance Minister and other relevant Ministers will be aware that the Urdd faced a £14 million loss of its income - the income that it generates itself, its commercial income, if you like - last year. Some very highly skilled Welsh-speaking youth workers' jobs continue to be at risk. I wonder if I could ask the Minister to ensure that she looks at issues of funding the Urdd with Ministers across portfolio - the education Minister, obviously, but there's also the Minister with responsibility for the Welsh language, and, I would argue, the culture budget as well. Because this is such a precious institution to us. It's the largest membership youth work organisation in Europe, and it would be - I'm sure the Minister will agree with me - a tragedy if more people had to be made redundant, with the risk of those vital skills and opportunities for young people to use Welsh outside formal education being lost permanently.
Welsh: Rwy'n ddiolchgar i'r Gweinidog am ei hateb, yn enwedig i Suzy Davies. Hoffwn fynd ar drywydd mater cyllid ar gyfer yr Urdd. Mae'r cyllid a ddarparwyd eisoes wedi bod o gymorth aruthrol, ond rwy'n siŵr y bydd y Gweinidog cyllid a Gweinidogion perthnasol eraill yn ymwybodol fod yr Urdd wedi wynebu colled o £14 miliwn yn eu hincwm - yr incwm y maent yn ei gynhyrchu ei hunain, eu hincwm masnachol, os mynnwch - y llynedd. Mae rhai swyddi gweithwyr ieuenctid medrus iawn Cymraeg eu hiaith yn parhau i fod mewn perygl. Tybed a gaf fi ofyn i'r Gweinidog sicrhau ei bod yn edrych ar faterion cyllido'r Urdd gyda Gweinidogion ar draws y portffolios - y Gweinidog addysg, yn amlwg, ond y Gweinidog â chyfrifoldeb am y Gymraeg hefyd, a byddwn yn dadlau, y gyllideb ar gyfer diwylliant hefyd. Oherwydd mae hwn yn sefydliad mor werthfawr i ni. Dyma'r sefydliad gwaith ieuenctid gydag aelodaeth mwyaf yn Ewrop, a byddai - rwy'n siŵr y bydd y Gweinidog yn cytuno â mi - yn drasiedi pe bai'n rhaid diswyddo mwy o bobl, gyda'r risg y byddai'r sgiliau a'r cyfleoedd hanfodol hynny i bobl ifanc ddefnyddio'r Gymraeg y tu allan i addysg ffurfiol yn cael eu colli'n barhaol.
English: I'm very much an admirer of the work of the Urdd, and I have had discussions with both the Minister for Education and also the Minister with responsibility for the Welsh language, when she was in her previous portfolio, although she does maintain responsibility for the Welsh language now, about the future of the Urdd and what support it might need, both in the short term but then, also, as a result of the general challenges that are facing the organisation. I think one of the important things that we've done is approve a request for additional funding on 25 May of last year, 2020, and as a result of that, the additional capital funding will increase their twenty-first century schools funding allocation from £2.75 million to £5.5 million. They will be able to undertake some essential work at their residential centres, and I think that that kind of level of investment does provide assurance that we are confident in, and keen to see, that strong future for the Urdd.
Welsh: Rwy'n edmygu gwaith yr Urdd yn fawr, ac rwyf wedi cael trafodaethau gyda'r Gweinidog Addysg yn ogystal â'r Gweinidog â chyfrifoldeb am y Gymraeg, pan oedd yn ei phortffolio blaenorol, er ei bod yn dal i fod yn gyfrifol am y Gymraeg nawr, ynglŷn â dyfodol yr Urdd a pha gymorth y gallai fod ei angen arnynt yn y tymor byr, a hefyd o ganlyniad i'r heriau cyffredinol sy'n wynebu'r sefydliad. Credaf mai un o'r pethau pwysig rydym wedi'u gwneud yw cymeradwyo cais am arian ychwanegol ar 25 Mai y llynedd, 2020, ac o ganlyniad i hynny, bydd y cyllid cyfalaf ychwanegol yn cynyddu eu dyraniad cyllid ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain o £2.75 miliwn i £5.5 miliwn. Byddant yn gallu gwneud rhywfaint o waith hanfodol yn eu canolfannau preswyl, a chredaf fod buddsoddiad ar y lefel honno'n rhoi sicrwydd ein bod yn hyderus ynglŷn â'r dyfodol cryf hwnnw i'r Urdd, ac yn awyddus i'w weld.
English: I am retaining a fiscal resource reserve of more than £800 million in the draft budget for 2021-22 to deal with the uncertain future path and impact of the pandemic. The fiscal framework protects the budget from the impact on devolved revenues of UK-wide economic shocks that have been caused by the pandemic.
Welsh: Rwy'n cadw cronfa wrth gefn o fwy nag £800 miliwn o adnoddau cyllidol yn y gyllideb ddrafft ar gyfer 2021-22 i ymdopi â llwybr ac effaith ansicr y pandemig yn y dyfodol. Mae'r fframwaith cyllidol yn diogelu'r gyllideb rhag yr effaith ar refeniw datganoledig ergydion economaidd ledled y DU sydd wedi'u hachosi gan y pandemig.
English: Thank you for that answer, Minister, and happy new year to you. Last year, I raised the point that the Welsh Government, through the Welsh development bank, is lending money to local councils to buy and let out commercial properties to property developers. Last financial year, it was more than £35 million, and this year, it could be as high as £97 million. My main concern was the news that the COVID pandemic has seen commercial property returns and prices collapse, putting the public money that you have invested at huge risk. The First Minister admitted that all commercial property values where the Welsh Government has invested public money have been affected by the pandemic, and he said that he expected lending decisions now to be calibrated to the current set of circumstances that we see. If no changes have been made yet to the lending criteria, there is £97 million worth of public money at huge risk. Please tell me what discussions you have had, and what firm decisions have been taken that have changed the lending criteria that were in place before the pandemic to criteria that are, in the First Minister's own words, calibrated to the current set of circumstances.
Welsh: Diolch ichi am yr ateb hwnnw, Weinidog, a blwyddyn newydd dda ichi. Y llynedd, codais y pwynt fod Llywodraeth Cymru, drwy fanc datblygu Cymru, yn benthyca arian i gynghorau lleol brynu a gosod eiddo masnachol i ddatblygwyr eiddo. Y flwyddyn ariannol ddiwethaf, roedd yn fwy na £35 miliwn, ac eleni, gallai fod mor uchel â £97 miliwn. Fy mhrif bryder oedd y newyddion fod y pandemig COVID wedi gweld prisiau ac enillion eiddo masnachol yn dirywio'n eithafol, gan roi'r arian cyhoeddus rydych wedi'i fuddsoddi mewn perygl enfawr. Cyfaddefodd y Prif Weinidog fod holl werthoedd eiddo masnachol y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi buddsoddi arian cyhoeddus ynddynt wedi cael eu heffeithio gan y pandemig, a dywedodd ei fod yn disgwyl i benderfyniadau benthyca gael eu graddnodi yn awr i'r set bresennol o amgylchiadau sy'n ein hwynebu. Os nad oes unrhyw newidiadau wedi'u gwneud eto i'r meini prawf benthyca, mae risg enfawr i werth £97 miliwn o arian cyhoeddus. Dywedwch wrthyf pa drafodaethau rydych wedi'u cael, a pha benderfyniadau cadarn a wnaed sydd wedi newid y meini prawf benthyca a oedd ar waith cyn y pandemig i feini prawf sydd, yng ngeiriau'r Prif Weinidog ei hun, wedi'u graddnodi i'r set bresennol o amgylchiadau.
English: Thank you for raising the question, and happy new year to you too. I have looked into this, because I was interested in the question that you raised with the First Minister previously. At present, there is only one deal - and that's of the entire £122 million that has been invested - where the repayment of the loan is reliant on the sale of a commercial development within a project. So, I think that we can be confident that this isn't a pressing issue at the moment. Obviously, officials are in regular communication with the DBW. They are confident, and they reassure myself and Ken Skates, whose department the DBW sits in, that the DBW is taking a prudent approach to investment in these uncertain times, particularly in terms of the maximum loan-to-value rate available for investment as well. But, we have received assurances that what has been undertaken is absolutely appropriate.
Welsh: Diolch am ofyn y cwestiwn, a blwyddyn newydd dda i chi hefyd. Rwyf wedi ymchwilio i hyn, oherwydd roedd gennyf ddiddordeb yn y cwestiwn a ofynnwyd gennych gyda'r Prif Weinidog yn flaenorol. Ar hyn o bryd, dim ond un fargen sydd - sef y swm cyfan o £122 miliwn sydd wedi'i fuddsoddi - lle mae ad-dalu'r benthyciad yn dibynnu ar werthu datblygiad masnachol o fewn prosiect. Felly, rwy'n credu y gallwn fod yn hyderus nad yw hwn yn fater sy'n creu pwysau ar hyn o bryd. Yn amlwg, mae swyddogion yn cyfathrebu'n rheolaidd â banc datblygu Cymru. Maent yn hyderus, ac maent yn rhoi sicrwydd i mi a Ken Skates, sydd â banc datblygu Cymru yn rhan o'i adran, fod gan fanc datblygu Cymru agwedd ddarbodus tuag at fuddsoddi yn y cyfnod ansicr hwn, yn enwedig mewn perthynas â'r gyfradd uchaf o fenthyciad mewn cymhariaeth â gwerth sydd ar gael ar gyfer buddsoddi hefyd. Ond rydym wedi cael sicrwydd bod yr hyn sydd wedi'i wneud yn gwbl briodol.
English: I'm particularly concerned about the SME sector, which has been very badly hit by the COVID crisis, which has closed up high streets and imposed - necessarily, of course - very different working methods. For the health of our high streets, for the health of the foundational economy - and much of our economic strategy is on building up the SME sector - can you assure us that it will receive a very high priority in future business support plans and, indeed, the balance of resources that it gets from the Welsh Government budget?
Welsh: Rwy'n pryderu'n benodol am y sector BBaCh, a gafodd ei daro'n wael iawn gan argyfwng COVID, sydd wedi cau'r stryd fawr ac wedi gorfodi dulliau gweithio gwahanol iawn - a hynny o reidrwydd, wrth gwrs. Er lles iechyd ein strydoedd mawr, er lles iechyd yr economi sylfaenol - ac mae llawer o'n strategaeth economaidd yn ymwneud â datblygu'r sector busnesau bach a chanolig - a allwch chi ein sicrhau y bydd yn flaenoriaeth uchel iawn mewn cynlluniau cymorth busnes yn y dyfodol ac yn wir, yng nghydbwysedd yr adnoddau a gaiff o gyllideb Llywodraeth Cymru?
English: I'm more than happy to provide those assurances. SMEs are absolutely the backbone of the economy here in Wales. I think that our approach to the pandemic has demonstrated particularly our support for small and medium-sized enterprises. You will recall that there was quite a bit of a furore about the Welsh Government's early decision not to allocate rate relief, in terms of non-domestic rates, to those large businesses over £500,000 rateable value. But now, of course, we are seeing businesses such as Tesco offering money back across the border in England where they had received that funding. We took that decision very early on, and that allowed us then to repurpose lots of that funding - if I recall correctly, in the region of £150 million - back to small and medium-sized enterprises, which we understood needed that finance much more than the larger businesses.
Welsh: Rwy'n fwy na pharod i roi'r sicrwydd hwnnw. Busnesau bach a chanolig yw asgwrn cefn yr economi yma yng Nghymru. Credaf fod ein hymagwedd at y pandemig wedi dangos ein cefnogaeth i fusnesau bach a chanolig eu maint yn arbennig. Fe fyddwch yn cofio bod cryn dipyn o gynnwrf ynglŷn â phenderfyniad cynnar Llywodraeth Cymru i beidio â dyrannu rhyddhad ardrethi, o ran ardrethi annomestig, i fusnesau mawr gyda gwerth ardrethol o dros £500,000. Ond nawr, wrth gwrs, rydym yn gweld busnesau fel Tesco yn cynnig arian yn ôl dros y ffin yn Lloegr lle roeddent wedi derbyn y cyllid hwnnw. Gwnaethom y penderfyniad hwnnw'n gynnar iawn, ac roedd hynny'n caniatáu inni addasu llawer o'r cyllid wedyn - tua £150 miliwn os cofiaf yn iawn - yn ôl i fusnesau bach a chanolig eu maint, oherwydd roeddem yn deall fod llawer mwy o angen y cyllid arnynt hwy nag ar y busnesau mwy o faint.
English: I was very interested in the question from Michelle Brown. Councils in England have borrowed far in excess of 100 per cent of their annual income in terms of commercial properties, which is certainly a cause for concern for all of us, because it effects the British economy. What I would say to the Minister is: do you agree with me that the best way of dealing with Government debt is to grow the economy, and thus grow the tax received? Tax received in 2018 was almost 50 times that of 50 years previously. The more you grow the economy, the more tax you receive, the less debt actually matters.
Welsh: Roedd gennyf ddiddordeb mawr yn y cwestiwn gan Michelle Brown. Mae cynghorau yn Lloegr wedi benthyca llawer mwy na 100 y cant o'u hincwm blynyddol ar gyfer eiddo masnachol, sy'n sicr yn destun pryder i bob un ohonom, oherwydd mae'n effeithio ar economi Prydain. Yr hyn y byddwn yn ei ddweud wrth y Gweinidog yw: a ydych yn cytuno mai'r ffordd orau o fynd i'r afael â dyled y Llywodraeth yw tyfu'r economi, ac felly cynyddu'r dreth a dderbynnir? Roedd y dreth a dderbyniwyd yn 2018 bron 50 gwaith yn fwy na 50 mlynedd ynghynt. Po fwyaf y byddwch yn tyfu'r economi, po fwyaf o dreth y byddwch yn ei derbyn, y lleiaf pwysig yw dyled mewn gwirionedd.