English: Thank you. I published an open letter to the supply teaching workforce on 1 April, and the content of that letter is available on the Welsh Government website. Rhun is absolutely right: our supply teaching workforce is an important part of the education family, and our advice to local authorities and individual schools is clear - if they are struggling to staff their hubs at this time, I know that supply teachers stand ready, willing and able to help in that effort to care for our critical workers' children and our vulnerable children. But, whilst education policy is devolved to Wales, employment law is not. With regard to - . We have provided advice to local authorities: where a teacher is in a long-term supply contract, then the local authorities are not required to stick to that, but our advice is that they should. With regard to the supply agencies that are on our national framework, the National Procurement Service for Wales, at my request, has contacted all the agencies on that framework to provide advice to them on the ability of that agency to furlough those workers. If workers are being paid on a pay-as-you-earn scheme, they are entitled to be part of the UK Government furloughing scheme. We have told those agencies that they should do that, and the vast majority of those agencies have agreed to do so. We have also - . NPS has also issued Cabinet Office procurement advice to both agencies and to local authorities, which sets out the expectations of all of those organisations as to what they should do and how they should do it. I am aware that there have been ongoing concerns, and, because of the very complex nature of some of the supply employment issues, where somebody is not employed by a local authority or somebody is not working for one of our approved framework agencies, there may be gaps. But, again, I would say that, in the first instance, all supply teachers should get in contact with their employer to discuss the situation as they find it.
Welsh: Diolch. Cyhoeddais lythyr agored i'r gweithlu athrawon cyflenwi ar 1 Ebrill, ac mae cynnwys y llythyr hwnnw ar gael ar wefan Llywodraeth Cymru. Mae Rhun yn llygad ei le: mae ein gweithlu athrawon cyflenwi yn rhan bwysig o'r teulu addysg, ac mae ein cyngor i awdurdodau lleol ac ysgolion unigol yn glir - os ydyn nhw'n ei chael hi'n anodd staffio eu canolfannau ar hyn o bryd, gwn fod athrawon cyflenwi yn barod, yn barod ac yn gallu helpu yn yr ymdrech honno i ofalu am blant ein gweithwyr hanfodol a'n plant agored i niwed. Ond, er bod polisi addysg wedi'i ddatganoli i Gymru, nid felly cyfraith cyflogaeth. O ran - . Rydym wedi darparu cyngor i awdurdodau lleol: pan fo athro mewn contract cyflenwi hirdymor, yna nid yw'n ofynnol i'r awdurdodau lleol gadw at hynny, ond ein cyngor ni yw y dylen nhw wneud hynny. O ran yr asiantaethau cyflenwi sydd o fewn ein fframwaith cenedlaethol, mae Gwasanaeth Caffael Cenedlaethol Cymru, ar fy nghais i, wedi cysylltu â'r holl asiantaethau o fewn y fframwaith hwnnw i roi cyngor iddyn nhw ar allu'r asiantaeth honno i roi'r gweithwyr hynny ar ffyrlo. Os yw gweithwyr yn cael eu talu ar gynllun talu wrth ennill, mae ganddyn nhw'r hawl i fod yn rhan o gynllun ffyrlo Llywodraeth y DU. Rydym wedi dweud wrth yr asiantaethau hynny y dylen nhw wneud hynny, ac mae'r mwyafrif helaeth o'r asiantaethau hynny wedi cytuno i wneud hynny. Rydym ni hefyd - . Mae'r GCC hefyd wedi cyhoeddi cyngor caffael Swyddfa'r Cabinet i asiantaethau ac i awdurdodau lleol, sy'n nodi disgwyliadau pob un o'r sefydliadau hynny o ran yr hyn y dylen nhw ei wneud a sut y dylen nhw wneud hynny. Rwy'n ymwybodol y bu pryderon parhaus, ac, oherwydd natur gymhleth iawn rhai o'r problemau cyflenwi o ran cyflogaeth, pan nad yw rhywun yn cael ei gyflogi gan awdurdod lleol neu pan nad yw rhywun yn gweithio i un o'n hasiantaethau fframwaith cymeradwy, efallai y bydd bylchau. Ond, unwaith eto, byddwn i'n dweud, yn y lle cyntaf, y dylai'r holl athrawon cyflenwi gysylltu â'u cyflogwr i drafod eu sefyllfa nhw.