Part of the debate – Senedd Cymru am 3:28 pm ar 18 Hydref 2016.
Diolch yn fawr i Simon Thomas am y cwestiynau. Rwy’n edrych ymlaen at y broses graffu. Rwy’n cydnabod nad yw Aelodau wedi cael cyfle eto i edrych trwy’r ‘budget narrative’ rwyf wedi ei gyhoeddi y prynhawn yma, ond rwy’n gobeithio y bydd mwy o fanylion ynddi am y pethau y mae Simon Thomas wedi eu codi. Rwy’n gallu dweud y prynhawn yma na fydd Cefnogi Pobl yn wynebu toriad i’w gyllideb.
The protection of 1 per cent, which was a feature of the last Assembly term, has not been possible to provide again in this Assembly term, but there are very significant investments in the education field. There is £20 million for general education improvement as part of the £100 million commitment that we made as a Government, and those budgets that are there as part of the pupil deprivation grant, which was a time-limited programme, will be taken forward next year. Nearly £90 million will now be available for those very important purposes.
As far as the M4 is concerned, just to repeat what I said, the money that the Cabinet Secretary will need for purposes next year is available to him through his own MEG, but the bulk of the expenditure that might be necessary for the M4, depending upon the outcome of the public inquiry, is held in reserve to make sure that that inquiry can be seen to be conducted with the independence that we need it to have.