English: I absolutely recognise the challenges that the children's commissioner report paints. That's why, as I said, next year we will have £5 million to spend on PDG access. So, for the first time, this year, parents have been able to get support for uniform and equipment when their child starts school and when their child transitions through to high school. I am currently looking at whether we can expand further opportunities for parents in other parts of their child's career to be able to access support. Meanwhile, our consultation on school uniform, to make sure that the guidance around affordability of school uniform is put on a statutory footing, which it has not been until now, has recently concluded, and I hope that will be in place before the start of the new academic year. At the end of last year, I commissioned Children in Wales to produce a series of guidance notes and support packages to schools so that they can better understand and they can help guide their decisions with regard to the cost of the school day. The guides will be stand-alone resources and they will cover an understanding of the causes and the impact of living in poverty, the impact of food and hunger, school uniform resources, and out-of-school activities. We are increasing the money available to local authorities to support our school holiday enrichment programme, so that all local authorities, hopefully, this summer will provide support for families during the school holiday process, and with regard to free school meals, thousands more children will be eligible for free school meals under the new regime, and a significant amount of additional resource has been made available to pay for those meals.
Welsh: Rwy'n cydnabod yr heriau a nodir yn adroddiad y comisiynydd plant yn llwyr. Dyna pam, fel y dywedais, y bydd gennym £5 miliwn i'w wario y flwyddyn nesaf ar fynediad at y grant datblygu disgyblion. Felly eleni, am y tro cyntaf, mae rhieni wedi gallu cael cymorth gyda gwisgoedd ysgol ac offer pan fydd eu plentyn yn dechrau yn yr ysgol a phan fydd eu plentyn yn pontio i'r ysgol uwchradd. Ar hyn o bryd, rwy'n edrych i weld a allwn ddarparu cyfleoedd pellach fel y gall rhieni ar gamau eraill yng ngyrfa ysgol eu plentyn gael mynediad at gymorth. Yn y cyfamser, mae ein hymgynghoriad ar wisgoedd ysgol i sicrhau bod y canllawiau o ran fforddiadwyedd gwisg ysgol yn cael eu rhoi ar sail statudol, rhywbeth nad yw wedi digwydd hyd yma, wedi dod i ben yn ddiweddar, a gobeithiaf y bydd hynny ar waith cyn dechrau'r flwyddyn academaidd newydd. Ddiwedd y llynedd, comisiynais Plant yng Nghymru i gynhyrchu cyfres o nodiadau cyfarwyddyd a phecynnau cymorth i ysgolion fel y gallant ddeall yn well a helpu i lywio eu penderfyniadau o ran cost y diwrnod ysgol. Bydd y canllawiau yn adnoddau annibynnol a byddant yn cynnwys dealltwriaeth o achosion ac effaith byw mewn tlodi, effaith bwyd a newyn, adnoddau gwisg ysgol a gweithgareddau y tu allan i'r ysgol. Rydym yn cynyddu'r swm o arian sydd ar gael i awdurdodau lleol allu cefnogi ein rhaglen gwella gwyliau'r haf, fel y bydd pob awdurdod lleol, gobeithio, yn darparu cymorth yr haf hwn i deuluoedd yn ystod y gwyliau ysgol, ac o ran prydau ysgol am ddim, bydd miloedd yn fwy o blant yn gymwys i gael prydau ysgol am ddim o dan y drefn newydd, ac mae swm sylweddol o adnoddau ychwanegol wedi'i ryddhau ar gyfer talu am y prydau hynny.