English: Thank you for your statement, Cabinet Secretary. I agree with you that youth work has a crucial role to play to help young people achieve their potential and have a range of experiences. It's character building and just plain fun. The Children, Young People and Education Committee reported in December 2016 that local authorities had seen a loss of almost 20 per cent in staffing levels for youth work in just one year. CWVYS reported that 30 per cent of its members did not perceive themselves being in existence beyond this next financial year. How will the announcements made in the Minister's statement alleviate these resourcing issues? The committee also noted with concern that there is a lack of accountability for the use of funds supplied via the revenue support grant. How will the new national youth support service board ensure accountability for spending by local authorities on youth work? The committee also noted that stakeholders in both statutory and voluntary sectors on the one hand, and the Minister on the other hand, appeared to have markedly different views about the strategic leadership, or lack thereof, of the Welsh Government. What conversations has the Minister had with these stakeholders since the report was published, and have the views of the Minister and stakeholders come any closer together in the months since then? Stakeholders were also concerned about what they perceived as a failure of the Welsh Government to involve them in the development of policies, and the committee urged the Minister to harness the expertise and understanding of the principal youth officers group and CWVYS, two of the key stakeholders in taking youth work forward in Wales. How is the Minister fostering a closer relationship with these stakeholders and how is he going to be using their expertise and experience, as recommended by the committee? The startling thing about the evidence given by many of the stakeholders is that there appears to be no formal way of understanding the demand for the supply of youth services versus the youth work services being provided themselves. How can one plan or supply any kind of service, whether it's private, public or commercial, without understanding where the demand for the service is? How do you propose to map demand onto supply so that you can understand where the gaps in service provision are? You have announced the creation of the national youth support service board to provide, as you say, constructive challenge and scrutiny to the Welsh Government's policies. However, it's not entirely clear from your statement precisely what the objectives and precise role of the board will be, and perhaps you will give us some more detail on that. Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am eich datganiad, Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet. Rwy'n cytuno â chi bod gan waith ieuenctid swyddogaeth hanfodol i'w chwarae i helpu pobl ifanc i gyflawni eu potensial a chael ystod o brofiadau. Mae'n meithrin cymeriad ac mae hefyd yn hwyl. Adroddodd y Pwyllgor Plant, Pobl Ifanc ac Addysg ym mis Rhagfyr 2016 fod awdurdodau lleol wedi gweld colled o bron 20 y cant yn lefelau staffio gwaith ieuenctid mewn blwyddyn yn unig. Adroddodd CWVYS nad oedd 30 y cant o'i aelodau yn gweld eu hunain mewn bodolaeth y tu hwnt i'r flwyddyn ariannol nesaf. Sut y bydd y cyhoeddiadau a wnaed yn natganiad y Gweinidog yn lleddfu'r materion adnoddau hyn? Nododd y pwyllgor hefyd â phryder bod diffyg atebolrwydd o ran y defnydd o arian a gyflenwir drwy'r grant cynnal refeniw. Sut fydd y bwrdd gwasanaeth cymorth ieuenctid cenedlaethol newydd yn sicrhau atebolrwydd ar gyfer gwariant gan awdurdodau lleol ar waith ieuenctid? Nododd y pwyllgor hefyd fod rhanddeiliaid yn y sectorau statudol a gwirfoddol ar y naill law, a'r Gweinidog ar y llaw arall, fel petaent yn meddu ar farn wahanol iawn am arweinyddiaeth strategol Llywodraeth Cymru, neu ddiffyg hynny. Pa sgyrsiau y mae'r Gweinidog wedi'u cael â'r rhanddeiliaid hyn ers cyhoeddi'r adroddiad, ac a yw barn y Gweinidog a'r rhanddeiliaid wedi dod yn agosach at ei gilydd o gwbl yn y misoedd ers hynny? Roedd y rhanddeiliaid yn pryderu hefyd am yr hyn y maent yn ei weld fel methiant Llywodraeth Cymru i'w cynnwys yn y gwaith o ddatblygu polisïau, ac anogodd y pwyllgor y Gweinidog i fanteisio ar arbenigedd a dealltwriaeth y prif grŵp swyddogion ieuenctid a CWVYS, dau o'r rhanddeiliaid allweddol o ran mynd â gwaith ieuenctid yn ei flaen yng Nghymru. Sut mae'r Gweinidog yn meithrin perthynas agosach â'r rhanddeiliaid hyn, a sut mae am ddefnyddio eu harbenigedd a'u profiad, fel yr argymhellwyd gan y pwyllgor? Y peth syfrdanol am y dystiolaeth a roddwyd gan lawer o'r rhanddeiliaid yw ei bod yn ymddangos nad oes ffordd ffurfiol o ddeall y galw ar gyfer cyflenwi gwasanaethau ieuenctid yn erbyn y gwasanaethau gwaith ieuenctid sy'n cael eu darparu eu hunain. Sut y gellir cynllunio neu ddarparu unrhyw fath o wasanaeth, boed yn breifat, cyhoeddus neu fasnachol, heb ddeall ble mae'r galw am y gwasanaeth? Sut ydych chi'n bwriadu mapio galw ar y cyflenwad fel eich bod chi'n deall ble mae'r bylchau yn y ddarpariaeth gwasanaeth? Rydych wedi cyhoeddi bod bwrdd gwasanaethau cymorth ieuenctid cenedlaethol yn cael ei greu i ddarparu, fel y dywedwch, her adeiladol a chraffu ar bolisïau Llywodraeth Cymru. Fodd bynnag, nid yw'n gwbl glir o'ch datganiad yn union beth fydd amcanion ac union swyddogaeth y bwrdd, ac efallai y gwnewch chi roi mwy o fanylion i ni am hynny. Diolch.