English: I certainly support the Minister on the issue of the twenty-first century schools programme, and I've voiced my support for that in this Chamber. That is a very good scheme. You mentioned that the gap is closing, but of course that gap is still significant, and it is still a significant gap with spending across the border in England, so we do hope the Government will come forward with policies to close that gap further and also take inflation into account. It's not just an issue of funding, though, for schools in the current year. A recent report has shown that current reserves held by schools have dropped by 28 per cent from 2016-17. Schools had a total reserve of £50 million in 2018, or £111 per pupil, and that's down from £64 million in 2016. I'm not sure whether you've got this year's figures in relation to reserves, but it's clear that school budgets are under pressure from all angles. So, Minister, how are you making sure that the financial position of schools in Wales, leaving aside the new buildings, which are to be welcomed, but the actual financial position of schools is safeguarded? If I can just finish by asking you, the Minister for Education set out during the 2019-20 budget that the Welsh Government were investing £100 million in raising school standards over the fifth Assembly term, but that funding, I understand, is not to be allocated to schools via core funding, but through the revenue support grant. Do you think it's time that this was looked at, and that there's a better way to fund schools in Wales so that there is a protection of budgets, so we do really see that improvement in the funding situation of schools that we want to see, and the money doesn't just disappear into other areas where we'd rather it didn't go?
Welsh: Rwy'n sicr yn cefnogi'r Gweinidog ar fater rhaglen ysgolion yr unfed ganrif ar hugain, ac rwyf wedi lleisio fy nghefnogaeth i hynny yn y Siambr hon. Mae hwnnw'n gynllun da iawn. Fe sonioch chi fod y bwlch yn cau, ond wrth gwrs, mae'r bwlch hwnnw'n dal i fod yn sylweddol, ac mae'n dal i fod yn fwlch sylweddol o gymharu â gwariant dros y ffin yn Lloegr, felly gobeithiwn y bydd y Llywodraeth yn cyflwyno polisïau i gau'r bwlch hwnnw ymhellach, gan ystyried chwyddiant hefyd. Fodd bynnag, nid mater o gyllid yn unig mohono i ysgolion yn y flwyddyn gyfredol. Mae adroddiad diweddar wedi dangos bod y cronfeydd wrth gefn sydd gan ysgolion ar hyn o bryd wedi gostwng 28 y cant ers 2016-17. Roedd gan ysgolion gyfanswm o £50 miliwn wrth gefn yn 2018, neu £111 y disgybl, ac mae hynny i lawr o £64 miliwn yn 2016. Nid wyf yn siŵr a oes gennych ffigurau eleni ar gyfer y cronfeydd wrth gefn, ond mae'n amlwg fod cyllidebau ysgolion o dan bwysau o bob cyfeiriad. Felly, Weinidog, gan roi adeiladau newydd, sydd i'w croesawu, i'r naill ochr, sut rydych yn sicrhau bod sefyllfa ariannol ysgolion yng Nghymru, sefyllfa ariannol wirioneddol ysgolion, yn cael ei diogelu? Os caf gloi drwy ofyn i chi, nododd y Gweinidog Addysg yng nghyllideb 2019-20 fod Llywodraeth Cymru yn buddsoddi £100 miliwn ar gyfer codi safonau ysgolion dros bumed tymor y Cynulliad, ond deallaf nad yw'r cyllid hwnnw i gael ei ddyrannu i ysgolion drwy gyllid craidd, ond drwy'r grant cynnal refeniw. A ydych yn credu ei bod yn bryd edrych ar hyn, a bod ffordd well i'w chael o ariannu ysgolion yng Nghymru er mwyn sicrhau bod cyllidebau'n cael eu gwarchod, fel ein bod yn gweld y gwelliant rydym am ei weld yn sefyllfa ariannol ysgolion, yn hytrach na bod yr arian yn diflannu i feysydd eraill y byddai'n well gennym pe na bai'n mynd iddynt?