English: I thank you very much for those questions, and you're right, the report is very clear that inspectors did note that there was real commitment shown amongst the staff who actually showed some real resilience and professionalism during this period, but serious performance issues did arise and that was, in the view of the report, because of instability in management, poor and confused direction and weak governance. And certainly, when I've had discussions with the chief inspector myself, she has been very much at pains to press that point that it was deliberately very clear in the report that, actually, we should be recognising the commitment of the front-line staff who wanted to do a good job, but, however, the structures and the leadership and the governance and so on around them was preventing them from doing the better job that they could have done for the children in Powys. With regard to the police issue, as I say, I found out about it through the media, just like everybody else, so I'll certainly be pursuing that to get to the bottom of exactly what the issues are and what the police intend to do about it. Obviously, you wouldn't expect me to comment any further, being in receipt of very little information on it myself. However, I certainly will be getting to the bottom of the issue. The improvement board is going to be crucial in terms of driving forward improvement, as you can imagine, and Powys County Council have already convened that improvement board; that was one of the stipulations in the warning notice. I can tell you that the members of the board include Jack Straw, the former chief executive of Swansea, who retired from the council in the local authority in 2016; Phil Hodgson, the former director of social care at Blaenau Gwent; and Geoff Burrows, who, up until May 2017, was a Conservative member of Monmouthshire County Council. And those, alongside Phil Evans, who is the former director of social services at the Vale of Glamorgan, who is now taking over as the interim director of social services for Powys, will be working as a strong team in order to drive forward improvement. And they'll be reporting back to Welsh Government on a monthly basis as we go through this period, but, as you can imagine, since the concerns were first raised, Welsh Government and the Welsh Local Government Authority have been in very close and constant contact with Powys on these issues. I understand that those members of that board have already been holding discussions together with CSSIW about the work of the board and what they'll need to do in terms of moving forward. It really is for Powys County Council to make sure that they provide significant funding to address these issues. As I say, funding had previously been moved out of children's services, and I understand that money will be found from reserves to reinvest in children's services to seek to address some of the issues that have been found in the inspection report. Some of these issues don't require funding, of course. Some of the key issues were a lack of strategic direction and planning and lack of permanence in some of those senior and middle-management roles, a blame culture - . You know, some of these things are about the culture of the workplace and lack of leadership as opposed to necessarily investment and capacity and so on.
Welsh: Diolch yn fawr iawn am y cwestiynau hynny, ac rydych yn iawn, mae'r adroddiad yn glir iawn fod yr arolygwyr wedi nodi bod yna ymrwymiad gwirioneddol wedi'i ddangos ymhlith y staff a ddangosodd gadernid a phroffesiynoldeb go iawn mewn gwirionedd yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, ond fe gododd materion perfformiad difrifol ac roedd hynny, ym marn yr adroddiad, yn deillio o ansefydlogrwydd o ran rheoli, cyfarwyddyd gwael a dryslyd a llywodraethu gwan. Ac yn sicr, pan gefais drafodaethau gyda'r prif arolygydd fy hun, mae hi wedi gwneud ymdrech fawr i bwysleisio'r pwynt fod yr adroddiad yn fwriadol yn nodi'n glir mewn gwirionedd y dylem gydnabod ymrwymiad y staff rheng flaen a oedd yn dymuno gwneud gwaith da, ond, fodd bynnag, fod y strwythurau a'r arweinyddiaeth a'r rheolaeth ac yn y blaen o'u hamgylch yn eu hatal rhag gwneud y gwaith gwell y gallent fod wedi'i wneud i'r plant ym Mhowys. O ran mater yr heddlu, fel y dywedais, deuthum i wybod amdano drwy'r cyfryngau, fel pawb arall, felly byddaf yn sicr yn mynd ar drywydd hynny i weld yn union beth yw'r problemau a'r hyn y mae'r heddlu'n bwriadu ei wneud am y peth. Yn amlwg, ni fuasech yn disgwyl i mi wneud sylw pellach, gan mai ychydig iawn o wybodaeth a gefais amdano fy hun. Fodd bynnag, byddaf yn sicr o archwilio'r mater. Mae'r bwrdd gwella yn mynd i fod yn hanfodol o ran gyrru gwelliannau, fel y gallwch ddychmygu, ac mae Cyngor Sir Powys eisoes wedi galw'r bwrdd gwella hwnnw ynghyd; roedd hynny'n un o'r amodau yn yr hysbysiad rhybuddio. Gallaf ddweud wrthych fod aelodau'r bwrdd yn cynnwys Jack Straw, cyn-brif weithredwr Abertawe, a ymddeolodd o'r cyngor yn yr awdurdod lleol yn 2016; Phil Hodgson, cyn-gyfarwyddwr gofal cymdeithasol ym Mlaenau Gwent; a Geoff Burrows, a oedd, tan fis Mai 2017, yn aelod Ceidwadol o Gyngor Sir Fynwy. A bydd y rhain, gyda Phil Evans, sef cyn-gyfarwyddwr gwasanaethau cymdeithasol Bro Morgannwg, sydd bellach yn dod yn gyfarwyddwr gwasanaethau cymdeithasol dros dro Powys, yn gweithio fel tîm cryf er mwyn hybu gwelliannau. A byddant yn adrodd yn ôl i Lywodraeth Cymru yn fisol wrth inni fynd drwy'r cyfnod hwn, ond fel y gallwch ddychmygu, ers i'r pryderon gael eu lleisio gyntaf, mae Llywodraeth Cymru a Chymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru wedi bod mewn cysylltiad agos a chyson iawn â Phowys ar y materion hyn. Rwy'n deall bod yr aelodau hynny o'r bwrdd eisoes wedi bod yn cynnal trafodaethau ynghyd ag AGGCC am waith y bwrdd a'r hyn y bydd angen iddynt ei wneud o ran symud ymlaen. Mater i Gyngor Sir Powys yn bendant yw gwneud yn siŵr eu bod yn darparu cyllid sylweddol i fynd i'r afael â'r materion hyn. Fel y dywedais, roedd arian wedi cael ei symud yn flaenorol o wasanaethau plant, ac rwy'n deall y doir o hyd i arian o'r cronfeydd wrth gefn i'w ailfuddsoddi mewn gwasanaethau plant er mwyn ceisio mynd i'r afael â rhai o'r problemau a welwyd yn adroddiad yr arolygiad. Nid yw rhai o'r materion hyn yn galw am gyllid, wrth gwrs. Roedd rhai o'r prif faterion yn ymwneud â diffyg cyfeiriad strategol a chynllunio a diffyg parhauster yn rhai o'r rolau uwch-reolwyr a rheolwyr canol, diwylliant o fwrw bai - . Wyddoch chi, mae rhai o'r pethau hyn yn ymwneud â diwylliant y gweithle a diffyg arweinyddiaeth yn hytrach na buddsoddi a chapasiti ac yn y blaen o reidrwydd.