English: Can I thank the Member for his recognition of the importance of adult learning and the real impact that that has on individuals and on wider society? I think, Presiding Officer, I did mention in my statement that the new Working Wales employability advice service is now up and running. The purpose of this new service is to provide and respond to the very issues that the Member raised, in ensuring that adults have access to professional careers advice that can help them access adult learning, work-based learning, extra training opportunities, to help them reach their goals. I also recognise - . And the Member asked what more we're doing. I did mention in my statement that in the autumn we will have a new pilot of personalised learning accounts. Those are specifically for people who are in work. Often, our employability plans have focused on those - understandably, quite rightly - the furthest away from employment, but actually we do know that there are people in work who need the opportunities to upskill and reskill, and the pilot will be a valuable intervention for those particular workers. With regard to funding for part-time, the Member is not wrong. Given the impact of austerity, difficult decisions have had to be made, and it is not unreasonable that previous decisions focused on providing full-time opportunities for our youngest people. It's a tough choice to make, but I think that there is certainly a logic in prioritising those learners. What we are doing, where we can, given the difficult financial situation we still find ourselves in, is to be able to find innovative ways to support adult learning in the round. So, for instance, we have introduced a new part-time funding methodology that protects the provision of ESOL, basic skills and GCSE resits, but also allocates the remainder of that funding on a population data level across all colleges. Therefore, in addressing this issue, wherever you are in Wales, we are looking to re-engage part-time provision, which in the past has been too patchy. We are putting in transitional arrangements in this financial year to make sure that no individual college loses out. But, the result of this reform will mean that access to part-time FE will be much more equitable than it has been previously.
Welsh: A gaf i ddiolch i'r Aelod am gydnabod pwysigrwydd dysgu oedolion a'r gwir effaith a gaiff hynny ar unigolion ac ar y gymdeithas ehangach? Rwy'n credu, Llywydd, imi grybwyll yn fy natganiad fod gwasanaeth cyngor cyflogadwyedd newydd Cymru'n Gweithio ar waith nawr. Diben y gwasanaeth newydd hwn yw darparu ac ymateb i'r union faterion a gododd yr Aelod, drwy sicrhau bod oedolion yn gallu cael cyngor gyrfaoedd proffesiynol a all eu helpu i gael mynediad i addysg oedolion, dysgu seiliedig ar waith, cyfleoedd hyfforddiant ychwanegol, i'w helpu nhw i gyrraedd eu nodau. Rwyf hefyd yn cydnabod - . A gofynnodd yr Aelod beth arall yr ydym ni'n ei wneud. Soniais yn fy natganiad y byddwn yn cael cynllun treialu newydd ar gyfer cyfrifon dysgu personol yn yr Hydref. Mae'r rheini'n benodol ar gyfer pobl sydd mewn gwaith. Yn aml, mae ein cynlluniau cyflogadwyedd wedi canolbwyntio ar y rheini - yn ddealladwy, yn gwbl briodol - y rhai pellaf oddi wrth gyflogaeth, ond mewn gwirionedd rydym yn gwybod bod pobl mewn gwaith sydd angen cyfleoedd arnyn nhw i uwchsgilio ac ailsgilio, a bydd y cynllun treialu'n ymyrraeth werthfawr ar gyfer y gweithwyr penodol hynny. O ran cyllid ar gyfer rhan-amser, nid yw'r Aelod yn anghywir. O ystyried effaith cyni, bu'n rhaid gwneud penderfyniadau anodd, ac nid yw'n afresymol bod penderfyniadau blaenorol wedi canolbwyntio ar ddarparu cyfleoedd amser llawn i'n pobl ieuengaf. Mae'n ddewis anodd, ond credaf fod rhesymeg yn sicr y tu ôl i flaenoriaethu'r dysgwyr hynny. Yr hyn yr ydym ni'n ei wneud, lle gallwn, o gofio'r sefyllfa ariannol anodd yr ydym ynddi o hyd, yw dod o hyd i ffyrdd arloesol o gefnogi dysgu oedolion yn gyffredinol. Felly, er enghraifft, rydym wedi cyflwyno dull ariannu rhan-amser newydd sy'n diogelu'r ddarpariaeth o Saesneg ar gyfer Siaradwyr Ieithoedd Eraill, sgiliau sylfaenol ac ailsefyll TGAU, ond mae hefyd yn dyrannu gweddill y cyllid hwnnw ar lefel data poblogaeth ar draws pob coleg. Felly, wrth fynd i'r afael â'r mater hwn, lle bynnag yr ydych yng Nghymru, rydym yn gobeithio ail-ymgysylltu darpariaeth ran-amser, a fu'n rhy dameidiog yn y gorffennol. Rydym yn cyflwyno trefniadau pontio yn y flwyddyn ariannol hon i sicrhau na fydd yr un coleg unigol ar ei golled. Ond, bydd canlyniad y diwygiad hwn yn golygu y bydd mynediad i addysg bellach ran-amser yn llawer tecach nag a fu yn y gorffennol.