English: Thank you for your draft budget statement, Minister. My focus, given my shadow portfolio, of course, will be on education, and I can only go on what's in front of me. Last month, we saw the UK Government's autumn statement put young people at the forefront of their agenda, with an increase in funding for education. I called for this to be matched in Wales the week after the autumn statement was announced, so, initially, I was delighted to hear that, apparently, it would be matched in Wales. However, upon further reading, it wasn't clear to me, Minister, if the £117 million figure that you received from the UK Government as a consequential of the English education budget increase, has been lumped in with the local government budget and is part of the £227 million figure in your statement, or, if the £117 million was a stand-alone figure, which is actually in addition to the £227 million announced for local government. So, some clarity on that would be greatly appreciated. If the £117 million figure in the budget is falling in with the £227 million for local government, and the extra £117 million isn't being ring-fenced specifically for education, then obviously, this raises some concerns. The money - the £117 million - intended for education won't necessarily go into education, given all the extra pressures on our local authorities. As moneys potentially could be spent elsewhere, of course, and not go to where they are desperately needed in front-line education, and at a time when school budgets are stretched to the max and there are a lot of extra pressures on education in Wales, you have only announced, actually, £20 million to directly go to education in your draft budget statement. Also, does the £227 million or the £117 million announced today include money for the teachers' pay increases, or will that come out of another pot of money? Finally, Minister, would you be able to give a breakdown of those £227 million and £117 million figures, announced today, because I'm hoping that that will go some way to alleviating the concerns that are obviously raised by this statement today? But it is crucially important that the funding in education gets to where it's most needed on the front line, so that it can help to relieve those severe pressures that schools are facing at the moment, and, of course, to fund the many directives put upon them by the Welsh Government. The UK Government managed to react to the current pressures and announced extra money for education, which is going directly to education. In Wales, you have only managed to announce, as I have said, £20 million to directly go into education. The rest is not guaranteed to go into education. It seems that, once again, this draft budget statement is failing Welsh education in Wales.
Welsh: Diolch am eich datganiad drafft ar y gyllideb, Gweinidog. Bydd fy mhwyslais i, o ystyried fy mhortffolio cysgodol, wrth gwrs, ar addysg, a gallaf dim ond gwneud sylw ar yr hyn sydd gennyf o fy mlaen i. Fis diwethaf, gwelsom ddatganiad hydref Llywodraeth y DU yn rhoi pobl ifanc ar flaen eu hagenda, gyda chynnydd yn y cyllid ar gyfer addysg. Galwais am gynnydd tebyg yng Nghymru yr wythnos wedi i ddatganiad yr hydref gael ei gyhoeddi, felly, i ddechrau, roeddwn yn falch iawn o glywed y byddai cynnydd cyfatebol yng Nghymru, mae'n debyg. Fodd bynnag, ar ôl darllen ymhellach, nid oedd yn glir i mi, Gweinidog, a yw'r ffigur o £117 miliwn a gawsoch gan Lywodraeth y DU fel cyllid canlyniadol yn sgil y cynnydd yng nghyllideb addysg Lloegr, wedi'i gynnwys gyda chyllideb llywodraeth leol a'i fod yn rhan o'r ffigur o £227 miliwn yn eich datganiad, neu, a oedd y £117 miliwn yn ffigur ar wahân, sydd mewn gwirionedd yn ychwanegol at y £227 miliwn a gyhoeddwyd ar gyfer llywodraeth leol. Felly, byddai rhywfaint o eglurder ar hynny yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Os yw'r ffigwr o £117 miliwn yn y gyllideb i mewn gyda'r £227 miliwn i lywodraeth leol, ac nid yw'r £117 miliwn ychwanegol yn cael ei glustnodi'n benodol ar gyfer addysg, yna yn amlwg, mae hyn yn codi rhai pryderon. Ni fydd yr arian - y £117 miliwn - a fwriedir ar gyfer addysg o reidrwydd yn mynd i fyd addysg, o ystyried yr holl bwysau ychwanegol ar ein hawdurdodau lleol. Gan y gallai arian o bosibl gael ei wario mewn mannau eraill, wrth gwrs, a pheidio mynd i'r man lle mae ei angen yn ddirfawr mewn addysg rheng flaen, ac ar adeg pan fo cyllidebau ysgolion wedi'u hymestyn i'r eithaf gyda llawer o bwysau ychwanegol ar addysg yng Nghymru, Dim ond £20 miliwn yr ydych chi wedi'i gyhoeddi, mewn gwirionedd, sydd i fynd i addysg yn uniongyrchol yn eich datganiad cyllideb ddrafft. Hefyd, ydy'r £227 miliwn neu'r £117 miliwn a gyhoeddwyd heddiw yn cynnwys arian ar gyfer codiadau cyflog athrawon, neu a fydd hynny'n dod allan o bot arall o arian? Yn olaf, Gweinidog, a fyddech chi'n gallu rhoi dadansoddiad o'r ffigyrau £227 miliwn a £117 miliwn hynny, a gyhoeddwyd heddiw, oherwydd rwy'n gobeithio y bydd hynny'n mynd rhywfaint o'r ffordd i leddfu'r pryderon sy'n amlwg yn cael eu codi gan y datganiad hwn heddiw? Ond mae'n hanfodol bwysig bod y cyllid mewn addysg yn cyrraedd lle mae ei angen fwyaf ar y rheng flaen, fel y gall helpu i leddfu'r pwysau difrifol hynny y mae ysgolion yn eu hwynebu ar hyn o bryd, ac, wrth gwrs, i ariannu'r cyfarwyddebau niferus a roddwyd arnyn nhw gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Llwyddodd Llywodraeth y DU i ymateb i'r pwysau presennol gan gyhoeddi arian ychwanegol i addysg, sy'n mynd yn uniongyrchol i addysg. Yng Nghymru, rydych chi dim ond wedi llwyddo i gyhoeddi, fel y dywedais i, £20 miliwn i fynd i addysg yn uniongyrchol. Nid yw'n sicr y bydd y gweddill yn mynd i fyd addysg. Mae'n ymddangos, unwaith eto, bod y datganiad drafft ar gyfer y gyllideb yn golygu bod addysg yng Nghymru ar ei cholled.