Vaughan Gething: ...uptake rates in Wales remain at the top of international benchmarks and are comparable to other UK countries. The vast majority of children in Wales are fully immunised before they start school. Immunisation programmes are vital to protect individual children against preventable diseases and to provide herd immunity.
Mark Drakeford: Local authorities are responsible for school funding in Wales. Councils set their spending priorities for the services they provide. How much an authority sets aside for school budgets is a matter for the authority. Education funding remains a key priority for this Government, in spite of continued austerity.
Caroline Jones: ...ddiweddar â phennaeth Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Llangynwyd i drafod dyfodol addysg cyfrwng Cymraeg ym mwrdeistref sirol Pen-y-bont. Cafodd yr ysgol adroddiad da gan Estyn a sgoriodd bum seren yn y 'Real Schools Guide', ond esboniodd ei bod yn mynd yn anoddach ac yn anoddach ymestyn y gyllideb i fynd mor bell ag sydd ei angen er mwyn cynnal y safonau hyn. Mae'r diffygion yn yr adeiladau a'r...
Mark Drakeford: Local authorities are responsible for funding schools in Wales. Welsh Government has prioritised support for schools through the local government settlement. We also provide significant additional grant funding to take forward our educational reforms and improve outcomes for learners.
Jeremy Miles: I continue to press the UK Government to ensure that Wales does not lose out on funding as a result of Brexit, including for the further education sector. I have written and spoken to the Secretary of State for Wales and the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster about this.
Mark Drakeford: The regional education consortia support, and work closely in partnership with local authorities to promote high standards of education. I am encouraged that Estyn’s most recent annual report, published last December, noted that there has been further improvement in standards in primary schools.
Kirsty Williams: The Minister for Health and I have convened a task and finish group to advise us on the work required to deliver a step change in mental health support for schools, as outlined in the Assembly’s 'Mind over Matter' report. The group will meet for the second time in March.
Vaughan Gething: ...health boards and trusts. On a national level, recruitment continues to be supported by our successful ‘Train. Work. Live.’ campaign, alongside record levels of investment to support healthcare education and training, including additional medical school places.
Baroness Mair Eluned Morgan: Welsh Government engages internationally across the breadth of Government, in education, health, business, environment, trade and investment, tourism and marketing to name a few. Part of my new role will be to focus this engagement by creating a new strategy which will articulate our international agenda.
Mark Drakeford: Following the devolution of powers over teachers’ pay, terms and conditions last September, we have been working with others to ensure that, in future, they more closely reflect the school system here in Wales and ensuring that practitioners concerns are identified and solutions developed and implemented.
Kirsty Williams: It is essential that all our young people have access to music education. I recognise that more must be done to support them to have the opportunity to develop their talents and skills. That is why I have made available additional funding in 2018-19 and 2019-20 to support music activities.
Vaughan Gething: We continue to work with health boards and Health Education and Improvement Wales on recruitment and retention challenges, with short, medium and long-term action. This includes our successful Train Work Live campaign, increasing medical school places and working to ensure more Welsh students study to become healthcare professionals.
Mark Drakeford: Last month, the Cabinet Secretary announced a record level of investment to support health education and training in Wales. We also continue to work with health boards and with Health Education and Improvement Wales on recruitment challenges, supported by our successful 'Train. Work. Live.' campaign.
Julie James: ...recognising that we need to remove all sorts of barriers that prevent disabled people from living the lives they want. This is increasingly being reflected across our policies, including transport, education, environment and health, as reflected in our new framework.
Mark Drakeford: ..., we continue to shield public services in Islwyn from the full impact of austerity through our additional investment in health, social care and housing. The £22 million new build of Islwyn High School is just one example of recent investment.
Mark Drakeford: Improving the mental health and well-being of children and young people continues to be a priority. We invest in a range of approaches, including our recent announcement to develop a whole-school approach, which aims to make emotional health and well-being central to the way schools work.
Llyr Gruffydd: ...pwynt roeddwn i eisiau ei wneud oedd: os ydym ni o ddifrif ynglŷn â ffyniant economaidd yn y gogledd, yna byddai Brexit ddim yn digwydd o gwbl. Ac rŷm ni wedi gweld, drwy adroddiad gan y London School of Economics yn ddiweddar iawn nawr, wrth gwrs, yr impact y bydd sawl senario gwahanol yn ei gael. Ond o gofio, wrth gwrs, dibyniaeth economi gogledd Cymru ar weithgynhyrchu, ar y...
Kirsty Williams: We strive to ensure that excellent facilities are available to our learners. Our twenty-first century schools and education programme has encompassed a wide variety of schemes catering for the different needs of all learners and communities.
Vaughan Gething: We are working closely with health boards and Health Education and Improvement Wales through our successful national and international marketing campaign 'Train. Work. Live.' to recruit and retain healthcare professionals with positive results.
Mark Drakeford: Our investment proposals for Powys include just under £80 million to deliver band A of the twenty-first century schools and education programme and completion of the Newtown bypass.
