Jane Hutt: ...is very intergenerational, and it is supported, of course, by our county voluntary councils in the way that I've described. But also we will look—and I'll certainly look with the Minister for Education and Welsh Language—at ways in which we can particularly learn from those examples. Just to note that this is something where you will be recognising that children and young people are...
Jane Hutt: ...£100 million in childcare in Wales a year already. Our childcare offer provides 30 hours of funded childcare a week for up to 48 weeks a year for three and four-year-olds. Parents in training and education get help with childcare costs, and we're already rolling out high-quality childcare to two-year-olds across Wales through our Flying Start programme. And funded childcare is supporting,...
Jane Hutt: ...we have a got a more generous childcare offer, and indeed, with Flying Start, a much more generous childcare offer for those who most need it as well, in terms of parents returning to work through education and training, that's not being offered in the UK Government childcare offer. But let me just go back to the sanctions. The fact that primary carers of children as young as one or two...
Jane Hutt: ...substantially our discretionary assistance fund, and also, as you say, it's as a result of part of our co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru, the fact that we have those commitments for primary school pupils of free school meals that have rolled out. Can I just also say that it's really important that it's extending to free school meal holiday provision, being available now for children...
Jane Hutt: ...Government has provided support worth £1.6 billion, through programmes that protect disadvantaged households and families experiencing hardship. This includes funding for the provision of free school meals, the school essentials grant, our fuel support scheme and our childcare offer.
Jane Hutt: ...local authorities and the third sector for hosts and arrivals. People can also access support through our Sanctuary website which provides information on rights and entitlements including health, education and employment.
Jane Hutt: ...hiliol, oherwydd dyna'r weledigaeth—Cymru wrth-hiliol. Roedd yn wych dros y penwythnos gweld penawdau cenedlaethol y tu allan i Gymru yn dweud, 'Lessons on black history to be compulsory in Welsh schools'. Roedd hynny'n bennawd. Diolch i Kirsty Williams am dderbyn yr holl argymhellion ac am gomisiynu Charlotte Williams i wneud y gwaith hwnnw yn y lle cyntaf, ond hefyd i ddweud y bydd...
