English: Thank you for your statement, Minister. I note the content of your statement, but I must say it's rather lacking in detail. So, consequently, I've got quite a number of questions for you. For instance, you claim that you're making progress delivering a radical review of the funding formula for further education - I think that's a good idea, brilliant - but, you've not said anything about what that progress is. So, can you please provide some detail on the actual progress that you've made, where you've gone with it, what are the outcomes, what changes have you made, what changes are you considering? I note also that you've announced the launch of a £10 million fund to boost regional skills provision and target skills gaps. Boosting skills and identifying skills gaps is a necessary and essential thing for Government to do, so, again, good thinking on this one. But, what's your assessment of the skills gaps in the various regions, and how did you come to these conclusions? How are you assessing the skills needs in the regions? What method are you using? What's your assessment of the needs of future business investors in terms of future skills in the different regions? Turning to the apprenticeship programme, how many apprenticeships have being created in return for the money spent so far? What's your assessment of the long-term prospects for apprentices going through the scheme and how will you actually measure the outcomes of the scheme? With regard to the individualised placement support, can you tell us when you'll be able to report back on the results of the trial? Again, how will you measure success? You state that we've already seen the benefits of co-location. It's all very well saying that we've already seen the benefits, but can you tell us, please, what those benefits are that you've seen so far? I also note that you're endeavouring to increase the number of disabled people going into employment. I really, really do applaud your intentions on this. Anything that can be done to get disabled people into employment to be independent is really, really to be applauded, but can you give us some information about how many disabled people are likely to be helped under this scheme? How many are likely to be helped into employment? You're stating that your employability plan makes clear to employers their responsibilities to nurture, train and sustain their employees and ensure the future of the Welsh workforce, but I have a question for you, Minister. Can you please explain to us what makes you think that you're qualified to be lecturing employers about training their staff? Are you just looking for a way to offload the responsibility for assessing training needs and providing the education to cater for those needs onto employers? Training and coaching employees also costs money, not just in paying for the training but in the cost of the time taken out during the training. Is this a cost that you're expecting employers to shoulder, or will it be the state? My one overriding question is this, and I think that you've probably gathered this from my foregoing comments: how are you going to assess the results of the employability plan? What sort of performance will you consider to be a success? How will you monitor not just the uptake but the long-term outcomes of the plan? Thank you.
Welsh: Diolch i chi am eich datganiad, Gweinidog. Rwy'n nodi'r hyn sydd yn eich datganiad, ond mae'n rhaid imi ddweud ei fod braidd yn brin o fanylion. Felly, o ganlyniad, mae gennyf nifer o gwestiynau ichi. Er enghraifft, rydych yn honni eich bod yn gwneud cynnydd wrth gyflawni adolygiad sylfaenol o'r fformwla ariannu ar gyfer addysg bellach - credaf fod hynny'n syniad da, ardderchog - ond nid ydych chi wedi dweud unrhyw beth am sylwedd y cynnydd hwnnw. Felly, a wnewch chi roi rhywfaint o fanylion am y cynnydd gwirioneddol yr ydych wedi ei wneud, pa mor bell yr ydych wedi mynd, canlyniadau hynny, pa newidiadau a wnaethoch, pa newidiadau yr ydych yn eu hystyried? Nodaf hefyd eich bod wedi cyhoeddi lansiad cronfa £10 miliwn i hybu darpariaeth sgiliau rhanbarthol ac anelu at fylchau mewn sgiliau. Mae hybu sgiliau a nodi'r bylchau yn bethau angenrheidiol a hanfodol i Lywodraeth eu gwneud, felly, unwaith eto, syniadau da yn hyn o beth. Ond, beth yw eich asesiad o'r bylchau mewn sgiliau yn y rhanbarthau amrywiol, a sut y daethoch chi i'r casgliadau hyn? Sut ydych chi'n asesu anghenion sgiliau yn y rhanbarthau? Pa ddull yr ydych chi'n ei ddefnyddio? Beth yw eich asesiad o anghenion buddsoddwyr busnes yn y dyfodol o ran sgiliau yn y gwahanol ranbarthau yn y dyfodol? Gan droi at y rhaglen prentisiaethau, faint o brentisiaethau sydd wedi eu creu yn gyfnewid am yr arian a wariwyd hyd yn hyn? Beth yw eich asesiad o'r rhagolygon hirdymor ar gyfer prentisiaid sydd yn mynd drwy'r cynllun, a sut fyddwch yn mesur canlyniadau'r cynllun mewn gwirionedd? O ran y gefnogaeth i'r lleoliadau i unigolion, a wnewch chi ddweud wrthym pryd fyddwch yn gallu adrodd yn ôl ar ganlyniadau'r arbrawf? Unwaith eto, sut fyddwch yn mesur llwyddiant? Rydych yn dweud ein bod eisoes wedi gweld manteision cydleoli. Mae'n ddigon hawdd dweud ein bod eisoes wedi gweld y manteision, ond a wnewch chi ddweud wrthym ni, os gwelwch yn dda, beth yw'r manteision yr ydych wedi eu gweld hyd yn hyn? Rwy'n nodi hefyd eich bod chi'n ymdrechu i gynyddu nifer y bobl anabl sy'n cael eu cyflogi. Rwy'n cymeradwyo eich amcanion yn hyn o beth yn fawr iawn. Mae angen cymeradwyo unrhyw beth sy'n cael ei wneud i gyflogi pobl anabl a'u cael i fod yn annibynnol, ond a wnewch chi roi rhywfaint o wybodaeth am nifer y bobl anabl sy'n debygol o gael cymorth yn sgil y cynllun hwn? Faint ohonyn nhw sy'n debygol o gael eu helpu i mewn i gyflogaeth? Rydych chi'n datgan bod eich cynllun cyflogadwyedd yn egluro i gyflogwyr beth yw eu cyfrifoldebau i feithrin, hyfforddi a chynnal eu gweithwyr ac i sicrhau dyfodol y gweithlu yng Nghymru. Ond mae gennyf i gwestiwn i chi, Gweinidog. A wnewch chi egluro inni beth sy'n gwneud ichi feddwl eich bod yn gymwys i bregethu wrth gyflogwyr am hyfforddi eu staff? A ydych yn ceisio dod o hyd i ffordd o osgoi'r cyfrifoldeb am asesu anghenion hyfforddiant a darparu'r addysg ar gyfer yr anghenion hynny, gan roi'r cyfrifoldeb hwnnw ar gyflogwyr? Mae rhoi hyfforddiant i gyflogeion hefyd yn costio arian, nid yn unig mae angen talu am yr hyfforddiant, ond mae'r gost o ran yr amser a gymerir i gael yr hyfforddiant. A ydych yn disgwyl i'r cyflogwyr ysgwyddo'r gost hon, neu'r wladwriaeth? Fy mhrif gwestiwn yw hwn, ac mae'n debyg y byddwch wedi casglu hyn o fy sylwadau blaenorol: sut yr ydych yn bwriadu asesu canlyniadau'r cynllun cyflogadwyedd? Pa fath o berfformiad y byddwch yn ei ystyried yn llwyddiant? Sut fyddwch yn monitro'r defnydd o'r cynllun, ond hefyd ganlyniadau hirdymor y cynllun? Diolch.