English: We do, of course, keep the scheme under review. In the last year, prior to the pandemic - so, the last year you think would be a fair comparison - then, over 20,200 students were supported by the EMA scheme, at a cost of nearly £18 million. And, on top of that, the Welsh Government provides £6 million in the financial contingency fund, which further education colleges are able to use, precisely in order to give some additional flexibility over and above the means-tested nature of the EMA itself. I've seen the Bevan Foundation report, of course, about the fact that were we to uplift the EMA to maintain its real-terms value we'd need to go to £45. That would cost another £8.2 million a year, and if we were to raise the thresholds, to take account of the point that Mr Fletcher was making about some young people not being able to access it, that would take the additional investment required to over £10 million. And, I'm afraid, in all of these things, choices have to be made. The programme for government, including all the agreements that we have in the co-operation agreement between his party and mine, have identified the top priorities for investment as being free school meals, childcare and that range of other commitments that we've entered into together. And while we will, of course, keep under review the EMA, the current commitment is to sustain it into this Senedd term, and unless our settlements become significantly more generous than were set out in the comprehensive spending review, that's probably going to have to be where our ambition rests.
Welsh: Wrth gwrs, rydym yn adolygu'r cynllun yn gyson. Yn ystod y flwyddyn olaf, cyn y pandemig - felly y flwyddyn olaf y byddech chi'n credu y byddai yn gymhariaeth deg - bryd hynny, cefnogwyd dros 20,200 o fyfyrwyr gan y cynllun lwfans cynhaliaeth addysg, ar gost o bron i £18 miliwn. Ac, ar ben hynny, mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn darparu £6 miliwn yn y gronfa ariannol wrth gefn, y gall colegau addysg bellach ei defnyddio, yn union er mwyn rhoi rhywfaint o hyblygrwydd ychwanegol ar ben natur prawf modd y lwfans ei hun. Rwyf wedi gweld adroddiad Sefydliad Bevan, wrth gwrs, am y ffaith pe baem yn codi'r lwfans i gynnal ei werth mewn termau real y byddai angen i ni fynd i £45. Byddai hynny'n costio £8.2 miliwn arall y flwyddyn, a phe baem yn codi'r trothwyon, i ystyried y pwynt yr oedd Mr Fletcher yn ei wneud am rai pobl ifanc nad oedden nhw'n gallu cael gafael arno, byddai hynny'n mynd â'r buddsoddiad ychwanegol sydd ei angen i dros £10 miliwn. Ac, mae arnaf ofn, ym mhob un o'r pethau hyn, fod yn rhaid gwneud dewisiadau. Mae'r rhaglen lywodraethu, gan gynnwys yr holl gytundebau sydd gennym yn y cytundeb cydweithredu rhwng ei blaid ef a fy mhlaid innau, wedi nodi mai'r prif flaenoriaethau ar gyfer buddsoddi yw prydau ysgol am ddim, gofal plant a'r ystod honno o ymrwymiadau eraill yr ydym wedi'u llunio gyda'n gilydd. Ac er y byddwn, wrth gwrs, yn parhau i adolygu'r lwfans, yr ymrwymiad presennol yw ei gynnal i mewn i dymor y Senedd hon, ac oni bai bod ein setliadau'n dod yn llawer mwy hael nag a nodwyd yn yr adolygiad cynhwysfawr o wariant, mae'n debyg mai dyna lle bydd rhaid i'n huchelgais aros.