English: Well, Presiding Officer, there is no doubt that this is a challenging time for education budgets, and I make no bones about that. That means that being clear about the facts and information is more important that ever, and it is disappointing that the correspondence that the Vale has issued to its schools and parents have misrepresented the position on school funding. I am in the process of responding to every letter that I have received from parents from the Vale of Glamorgan, setting the record straight, and I'm happy to do that again today. In respect of core funding under the local government settlement, the Vale of Glamorgan is not - not - the lowest funded authority in Wales as it would have parents believe. It may be the lowest spending authority per pupil, but that is a matter for the council. What is a matter for me is that resources that I have centrally can be used to support education in the Vale of Glamorgan. The Vale of Glamorgan benefits from the pupil deprivation grant; it also benefits from our small and rural schools grant; it is also part of our school-based supply cluster pilot; and it is also a part of our school business manager pilot. It has had significant resources made available to it under band A of the capital twenty-first century schools programme. We have outlined a significant amount of resource under the band B of the programme and, as you'll be aware, only this weekend I announced £14 million extra for small school repairs, of which the Vale of Glamorgan will receive over £0.5 million. However, I must take this opportunity to say I would also encourage them, that is, the Vale of Glamorgan, to submit revised proposals to access part of the £36 million infant class-size commitment over the term, because what they've submitted to date does not meet the criteria, and I'm very anxious that children in the Vale of Glamorgan should not lose out on this opportunity to cut class sizes.
Welsh: Wel, Lywydd, nid oes unrhyw amheuaeth fod hwn yn gyfnod heriol i gyllidebau addysg, ac ni phetrusaf rhag dweud hynny. Golyga hynny fod bod yn glir ynglŷn â'r ffeithiau a'r wybodaeth yn bwysicach nag erioed, ac mae'n drueni fod yr ohebiaeth gan y Fro i'w hysgolion a'u rhieni wedi camddehongli'r sefyllfa mewn perthynas ag ariannu ysgolion. Rwyf wrthi'n ymateb i bob llythyr a gefais gan rieni o Fro Morgannwg, er mwyn egluro'r sefyllfa, ac rwy'n fwy na pharod i wneud hynny eto heddiw. Mewn perthynas ag arian craidd o dan y setliad llywodraeth leol, nid Bro Morgannwg - nid Bro Morgannwg - yw'r awdurdod sy'n derbyn y swm lleiaf o arian yng Nghymru, fel y byddent yn awyddus i'r rhieni gredu. Mae'n bosibl mai hwy yw'r awdurdod sy'n gwario'r swm lleiaf y disgybl, ond mater i'r cyngor yw hynny. Yr hyn sy'n fater i mi yw y gellir defnyddio'r adnoddau sydd gennyf yn ganolog i gefnogi addysg ym Mro Morgannwg. Mae Bro Morgannwg yn elwa ar y grant amddifadedd disgyblion; maent hefyd yn elwa ar ein grant ar gyfer ysgolion bach a gwledig; maent hefyd yn rhan o'n cynllun peilot clystyrau cyflenwi sy'n seiliedig ar ysgolion; ac maent hefyd yn rhan o'n cynllun peilot ar gyfer rheolwyr busnes ysgolion. Mae adnoddau sylweddol wedi'u darparu ar eu cyfer o dan fand A rhaglen gyfalaf ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain. Rydym wedi amlinellu llawer iawn o adnoddau o dan fand B y rhaglen, ac fel y gwyddoch, y penwythnos diwethaf hwn, cyhoeddais £14 miliwn yn ychwanegol ar gyfer man atgyweiriadau i ysgolion, a bydd Bro Morgannwg yn derbyn dros £0.5 miliwn o'r swm hwnnw. Fodd bynnag, mae'n rhaid imi fanteisio ar y cyfle hwn i ddweud y buaswn yn eu hannog hefyd, hynny yw, Bro Morgannwg, i gyflwyno cynigion diwygiedig i gael mynediad at ran o'r ymrwymiad £36 miliwn i leihau maint dosbarthiadau babanod dros y tymor, gan nad yw'r hyn y maent wedi'i gyflwyno hyd yn hyn yn bodloni'r meini prawf, ac rwy'n awyddus iawn nad yw plant ym Mro Morgannwg yn colli'r cyfle hwn i leihau maint dosbarthiadau.