Mark Drakeford: We are in the second year of the three-year planned implementation of our additional learning needs and education tribunal Act. From 2023, annual support for that implementation will be £25.5 million to support system improvement.
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.
Mark Drakeford: Tackling child poverty is a key priority for the Welsh Government. We fund a range of programmes which support better outcomes, such as financial help with the cost of the school day, our childcare offer and initiatives helping young people across Wales reach their potential including our Young Person’s Guarantee.
Jeremy Miles: ...pryderu nhw o ran pwysau costau byw. Yn addysg bellach ac yn addysg uwch, mae gan y Llywodraeth ystod o bethau rŷn ni'n eu gwneud i gefnogi myfyrwyr. O ran addysg bellach, rŷn ni'n parhau gyda'r education maintenance allowance. Rydyn ni'n sicrhau bod ffyrdd o ehangu cyrhaeddiad yr EMA, sicrhau bod pobl yn gallu cynnig o fewn y flwyddyn os ydy eu hamgylchiadau nhw'n newid, ac yn cael...
Jeremy Miles: The duty to ensure that suitable educational provision is made available for children and young people rests with local authorities. This includes a duty to promote high standards of education, fair access to education and a general duty to ensure there are sufficient schools in their area.
Lynne Neagle: ...’s mental health. We have invested significantly in mental health support from early intervention to specialist services. We have also introduced statutory guidance to embed mental well-being in schools and we are implementing the Nest/Nyth framework across Wales.
Mark Drakeford: ...s mental health. We have invested significantly in mental health support from early intervention to specialist services. We have also introduced statutory guidance to embed mental well-being in schools and we are implementing the NEST/NYTH Framework across Wales.
Jeremy Miles: We are committed to creating an inclusive education system. Our additional learning needs reforms put learners at the heart of the process to identify and meet their needs and will help ensure that all pupils requiring additional support to meet an ALN have that support properly planned for and protected.
Lee Waters: My officials have been in discussions with local authorities and school transport providers throughout Wales regarding the general cost of school transport, as they continue to discharge their statutory duties in providing home-to-school transport to learners.
Mark Drakeford: ...do to prevent their use by this group as part of our new tobacco strategy. We are also looking at messaging around young people and e-cigarettes as part of the JustB programme aimed at secondary school pupils in areas with the highest smoking prevalence rates.
Mark Drakeford: The Minister for Education and the Welsh Language set out a range of measures to tackle the impact of poverty on educational attainment in his statement to the Chamber on 22 March. The Minister has committed to bringing forward a statement updating Members on progress before the end of term.
Mark Drakeford: Our pupil development grant—access provides funding directly to eligible families for the purchase of uniform, kit and other school supplies. We announced an additional one-off payment of £100 to all children and young people eligible for PDG— Access this year, taking funding to over £23 million for 2022-23.
Sarah Murphy: ...a deddfwriaeth sy'n effeithio ar bobl ifanc. Ers cael fy ethol, rydw i wedi bod yn gweithio gyda chynghorau ysgol a chyngor ieuenctid Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr, yn ogystal â Pippa King o Biometrics in schools a Jen Persson o Defend Digital Me, ar y defnydd cynyddol o ddata biometreg sy'n cael ei gasglu a'i ddefnyddio mewn ysgolion. Yn 2021, cefais wybod am ysgolion lleol ym Mhen-y-bont ar Ogwr...
Jeremy Miles: This Government has maintained our commitment to young people with the continuation of the education maintenance allowance in our programme for government. Coupled with funding made available to colleges via the financial contingency fund, this Government continues to support learners facing financial difficulty in continuing in further and higher education.
Mark Drakeford: ...to address key skills shortages and support employers to diversify their workforce. Our degree apprenticeship programme is fully funded and occupationally focused. A direct comparison with higher education participation is superficial.
Huw Irranca-Davies: ...teithio i'r ysgol, cydweithio ar leoliadau ysgolion uwchradd a sicrhau bod ein hysgolion Cymraeg mor fodern ac mor rhagorol ag unrhyw ysgol arall, a hynny fel rhan o raglen twenty-first century schools. Felly, Weinidog, a gaf i ofyn: sut y gallwch chi helpu cynghorau lleol i gydweithio'n well gyda'i gilydd fel y gallwn sicrhau bod addysg Gymraeg yn ymestyn yn ddyfnach ac yn ddyfnach i'n...
Jeremy Miles: ...hefyd yn sgil yr argyfwng costau byw. Felly, i'r teuluoedd, ond hefyd i'r athrawon a'r cynorthwywyr, mae pwysau penodol. Roedd hyn hefyd yn thema mewn cyfarfod roeddwn i ynddo fe ddoe, yr oedd yr Education Policy Institute wedi trefnu, i glywed beth oedd yn digwydd mewn rhannau eraill ym Mhrydain, ac mae'n ddarlun sydd yn digwydd mewn mannau eraill hefyd. Felly, mae'n flaenoriaeth i ni...
Delyth Jewell: Diolch, Weinidog. Fe fyddwch chi'n ymwybodol o adroddiad diweddar yr Education Policy Institute, sy'n dweud bod dim cynnydd wedi bod o ran lleihau'r bwlch rhwng disgyblion o wahanol gefndiroedd cymdeithasol dros y ddegawd diwethaf. Mae'r adroddiad yn dweud bod y disgyblion tlotaf ddwy flynedd y tu ôl i'w cyfoedion o gefndiroedd mwy llewyrchus, ar gyfartaledd. Rwy'n gwybod eich bod chi'n...
Laura Anne Jones: ...r Llywodraeth hon hefyd wedi anwybyddu cynigion gan Fair Play for Women, Lesbian Labour, Transgender Trend, The Society for Evidence Based Gender Medicine, Thoughtful Therapists, LGB Alliance, Safe Schools Alliance UK a llawer mwy o unigolion. Ymddengys mai dim ond gwrando ar un safbwynt ideolegol penodol y mae eich Llywodraeth a'ch Gweinidogion am wrando arno ac anwybyddu'r gweddill, ac...
Jeremy Miles: On Monday, I announced plans about the roll-out of the co-operation agreement commitment to deliver universal primary free school meals. From September, children in reception classes will be the first to start receiving a free meal as part of these plans.
