English: Well, if you furnish me with a copy of the initial letter, I'll chase the response from the Cabinet Secretary for you. In terms of BSL, as part of our additional learning needs transformation programme, we are funding training for local authority-based specialist teachers of learners with various sensory impairments, including BSL. We're very committed to creating an inclusive education system for all learners, regardless of their needs, and very much support the right of learners to access education through British Sign Language where required. It's a matter that Mike Hedges brings up on a very regular basis with me. Local authorities do have a legal duty to provide suitable education for all children, and that includes the provision of BSL. And local authorities also have a responsibility to ensure that appropriately qualified staff are available at schools where a learner has been identified as requiring BSL. We are investing in the training and development needed to strengthen the capacity of specialist services. A total of £289,000 over three years has been agreed to support the postgraduate training of a range of local authority-based specialist teachers, including six teachers of the deaf. This funding is also being used to train local authority-based staff in British Sign Language. And our Additional Learning Needs and Education Tribunal (Wales) Act 2018 is at the heart of our work to transform the education and support for children and young people with additional learning needs in Wales. The Act enables us to improve the planning and delivery of additional learning needs provision and ensure it's more focused on a child or young person's individual needs. So, Llywydd, the Welsh Government takes this matter very seriously.
Welsh: Wel, os rhowch gopi o'r llythyr cychwynnol i mi, af ar drywydd ymateb Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet ichi. O ran Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, rydym yn ariannu'r hyfforddiant o athrawon arbenigol awdurdod lleol ar gyfer dysgwyr sydd â namau synhwyraidd amrywiol fel rhan o'n rhaglen i drawsnewid anghenion dysgu ychwanegol, ac mae Iaith Arwyddion Prydain yn rhan o hynny. Rydym wedi ymrwymo i greu system addysg gynhwysol ar gyfer pob dysgwr, waeth beth yw eu hanghenion, ac rydym yn cefnogi hawliau dysgwyr i gael addysg drwy gyfrwng Iaith Arwyddion Prydain pan fydd angen. Mae'n fater y mae Mike Hedges yn ei drafod gyda mi yn aml. Mae gan yr awdurdodau lleol ddyletswydd gyfreithiol i ddarparu addysg addas ar gyfer pob plentyn, ac mae hynny'n cynnwys darpariaeth yn Iaith Arwyddion Prydain. Ac mae gan awdurdodau lleol hefyd gyfrifoldeb i sicrhau bod staff â chymwysterau priodol ar gael mewn ysgolion lle ceir dysgwyr sydd angen Iaith Arwyddion Prydain. Rydym yn buddsoddi yn yr hyfforddiant a'r datblygiad sy'n angenrheidiol er mwyn cryfhau capasiti'r gwasanaethau arbenigol. Cytunwyd ar gyfanswm o £289,000 dros dair blynedd i gefnogi'r hyfforddiant ôl-raddedig o amrywiaeth o athrawon arbenigol awdurdod lleol, gan gynnwys chwech o athrawon plant byddar. Mae'r cyllid hwn yn cael ei ddefnyddio hefyd i hyfforddi staff awdurdod lleol i siarad Iaith Arwyddion Prydain. Ac mae Deddf Anghenion Dysgu Ychwanegol a'r Tribiwnlys Addysg (Cymru) 2018 wrth wraidd ein gwaith i drawsnewid addysg a chymorth i blant a phobl ifanc sydd ag anghenion dysgu ychwanegol yng Nghymru. Mae'r Ddeddf yn gymorth i ni gynllunio a chyflenwi darpariaeth anghenion dysgu ychwanegol ac i sicrhau ei fod yn canolbwyntio ar anghenion unigol y plentyn neu'r person ifanc. Felly, Llywydd, mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ddifrifol yn eu triniaeth o'r mater.