Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig a gyflwynwyd ar 21/01/2025 i'w hateb ar 28/01/2025
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Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg
Pa gamau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd i fynd i'r afael â'r gwahaniaethau cynyddol mewn cyllid seilwaith ysgolion rhwng gogledd a de Cymru, gan sicrhau bod gan bob disgybl fynediad at amgylcheddau dysgu diogel a modern?
The Sustainable Communities for Learning (SCfL) Programme has introduced a nine-year rolling programme which, subject to budget availability and individual business case approval, will see the Welsh Government grant funding of over £690 million across 82 projects in north Wales. This is in addition to the ongoing works within the Band B capital programme with a total approved Welsh Government investment of £471 million across north Wales.
Welsh Government funding of £2.32 million has been provided to the four schools affected by RAAC in north Wales to address interim remedial works that have enabled the schools to continue operating safely. Officials are continuing to work closely with the local authorities of the four schools for the longer-term management and removal of RAAC through their new 9-year investment plans.
To challenge and innovate our Sustainable Communities for Learning Programme to meet our green agenda, a Sustainable Schools Challenge project was initiated, with one of the successful projects, Campws Cymunedol Bontnewydd, seeing a Welsh Government investment of £15m for this innovative school for Gwynedd.
Providing equitable access to safe and modern learning is a value reflected throughout the SCfL Programme, with smaller capital grants distributed to local authorities based on number of schools and pupils in each region. For north Wales, funding for this year has included the Capital Maintenance Grant (£9.29m) and Additional Learning Needs Capital (£4.64m), with the wider programme accessible to all delivery partners subject to expressions of interest or submission of business cases.
All requests for project funding are considered consistently, regardless of the delivery partner or region. Business cases are robustly reviewed by a Business Case Scrutiny Group before they are considered by the Education Investment Panel, to inform Ministerial Advice.
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd a Gofal Cymdeithasol
Ymhellach i WQ95094, a wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am y cynnydd a wnaed gan Fwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Cwm Taf Morgannwg i fynd i'r afael â'r amseroedd aros hiraf, gan gynnwys amseroedd aros ar gyfer cyflyrau niwroddatblygiadol?
As indicated in the response to WQ95094, the additional money for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is targeted at ophthalmology and orthopaedics. Progress against its agreed delivery plan continues to be monitored weekly to ensure delivery remains on track to clear all 104-week waits by the end of March 2025.
The health board is also working to reduce the longest waits in children’s neurodevelopmental services.
Pa gynlluniau sydd ar waith i fynd i'r afael â'r prinder staff ym maes oncoleg a diagnosteg o fewn Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr?
It is for health boards to plan their workforce according to their population need. Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has given significant focus to addressing vacancies, focusing on recruitment, retention and role diversification to sustain its oncology and diagnostic services.
The Welsh Government is helping to address both the short-term challenges and long-term sustainability of NHS staffing by investing in training new members of the workforce and supporting the delivery of ethical international recruitment programmes. This includes increases in oncology and radiology higher training places.
Pa gynlluniau sydd ar waith i fynd i'r afael â'r prinder staff ym maes deintyddiaeth o fewn Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr?
Despite the difficult financial climate, we continue to invest in the sustainability of the NHS workforce. £283.126m was invested in 2024-25 to support education and training programmes for healthcare professionals in Wales.
Health Education and Improvement Wales continues to work with stakeholders to focus on the recruitment and retention of the dental workforce. A workforce plan for dentistry was published earlier this year.
Until recently, a regulatory issue prevented qualified dental therapists, hygienists and clinical dental technicians from opening and closing NHS courses of dental treatment. This issue has been resolved, enabling these professionals to play a full role in providing NHS care.
We know that trainees are more likely to stay where they complete their training. To support rural recruitment, HEIW has put in place a dental foundation training Welsh enhanced recruitment offer. All 15 available places have been filled including the nine in the Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board area.
Ymhellach i WQ94059, a wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet roi diweddariad pellach am y gwaith i leoli safle Canolfan Ddiagnostig a Thriniaeth parhaol yng Nghwm Taf, ac a wnaiff rannu unrhyw ddata pellach sydd ar gael am nifer y cleifion sy'n cael eu cefnogi ar y safle?
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is leading the development of the design work for a regional centre of excellence at Llantrisant.
A temporary diagnostic service, providing MRI and CT scans, has been available at the site between April and December 2024; 5180 people have been scanned.
Pa gamau sy'n cael eu rhoi ar waith ar unwaith i fynd i'r afael ag oedi diagnostig ac i wella canlyniadau i gleifion yng ngogledd Cymru o ystyried bod Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr yn methu â chyrraedd targedau gofal canser?
Health boards in Wales are responsible for planning and delivering services to ensure safe and timely access to diagnostics and treatment for their resident population. Our expectation is that all health boards should be working to achieve the national target of at least 75% of people referred on the suspected cancer pathway starting first definitive treatment within 62 days of the point of suspicion.
The health board is taking a range of actions to improve the timeliness of access to cancer services. These include commissioning additional activity for dermatology, endoscopy and urology, waiting time initiatives and recruitment to key roles to improve the capacity and resilience of challenged tumour sites.
The NHS Executive is directly supporting the health board to reduce unwarranted variation and drive sustainable improvement for cancer waiting times across all parts of Wales, including a focus on component waits across the pathway and increasing straight-to-test rates.
We have launched a £2m national programme to support health boards and NHS trusts to recover cancer waiting time performance for the five cancers with the lowest performance rates. We are investing heavily in cancer services, including tens of millions of pounds in equipment, facilities, training more oncologists and radiologists, modernising and expanding our cancer screening programmes, and introducing rapid diagnostic centres to investigate people with unclear symptoms.
A fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn darparu cyllid ychwanegol i ofal hosbis er mwyn talu costau na ellir eu hosgoi?
Welsh Government recognises the important contribution that hospices make to palliative end of life care in Wales and is committed to finding a long-term sustainable funding solution.
We have delivered our Programme for Government commitment to review hospice funding, securing an additional £2.2m per annum on a recurrent basis from April 2022.
In March 2024, we provided 12 health board commissioned hospices with a £4m cost-of-living grant to support delivery of their vital services. This was agreed in conjunction with Hospices Cymru and the National Programme Board for Palliative and End-of-Life Care. And we have allocated an additional recurrent £3m to hospices in the Draft Budget 2025-26.
Work is underway with the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee, the National Programme Board for Palliative and End-of-Life Care and Welsh hospices to develop a hospice commissioning framework/guidance for Wales. This will look at the length of service level agreements, Agenda for Change issues and address variation to ensure sustainable, effective and value service provision.
Phase one of this work is scheduled to be completed by April 2025.
Pa ystyriaeth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi’i rhoi i gynyddu cytundebau lefel gwasanaeth ar gyfer gofal hosbis i isafswm o bum mlynedd er mwyn rhoi mwy o sefydlogrwydd a meithrin arloesedd?
Welsh Government recognises the important contribution that hospices make to palliative end of life care in Wales and is committed to finding a long-term sustainable funding solution.
We have delivered our Programme for Government commitment to review hospice funding, securing an additional £2.2m per annum on a recurrent basis from April 2022.
In March 2024, we provided 12 health board commissioned hospices with a £4m cost-of-living grant to support delivery of their vital services. This was agreed in conjunction with Hospices Cymru and the National Programme Board for Palliative and End-of-Life Care. And we have allocated an additional recurrent £3m to hospices in the Draft Budget 2025-26.
Work is underway with the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee, the National Programme Board for Palliative and End-of-Life Care and Welsh hospices to develop a hospice commissioning framework/guidance for Wales. This will look at the length of service level agreements, Agenda for Change issues and address variation to ensure sustainable, effective and value service provision.
Phase one of this work is scheduled to be completed by April 2025.
Pa ystyriaeth y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi’i rhoi i gynyddu cyllid statudol ar gyfer hosbisau er mwyn adlewyrchu’r gwir gostau staffio a chostau gweithredu?
Welsh Government recognises the important contribution that hospices make to palliative end of life care in Wales and is committed to finding a long-term sustainable funding solution.
We have delivered our Programme for Government commitment to review hospice funding, securing an additional £2.2m per annum on a recurrent basis from April 2022.
In March 2024, we provided 12 health board commissioned hospices with a £4m cost-of-living grant to support delivery of their vital services. This was agreed in conjunction with Hospices Cymru and the National Programme Board for Palliative and End-of-Life Care. And we have allocated an additional recurrent £3m to hospices in the Draft Budget 2025-26.
Work is underway with the NHS Wales Joint Commissioning Committee, the National Programme Board for Palliative and End-of-Life Care and Welsh hospices to develop a hospice commissioning framework/guidance for Wales. This will look at the length of service level agreements, Agenda for Change issues and address variation to ensure sustainable, effective and value service provision.
Phase one of this work is scheduled to be completed by April 2025.
A wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet ddarparu dadansoddiad o sut y bwriedir gwario'r llinell wariant Cymru iachach yng nghyllideb ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26?
The designated ‘A Healthier Wales’ budget totals £74.228m for 2025-26 and is split between the following budget lines.
Draft Budget Plans for 2025-26
Description £m
AHW – Digital 57.759
AHW – Early Prevention 6.850
AHW – Clinical 2.595
Healthcare Science 2.000
AHW Transformation Programme 5.024
BEL 0060 – A Healthier Wales 74.228
Digital £57.759m
The Digital Priorities Investment Fund (DPIF) is used to fund strategic digital transformation opportunities in NHS Wales, and it is intended to support the delivery of NHS Wales service change. In 2025-26 the fund will prioritise support for the National Data Resource platform that will form an integral part of the data architecture and increase the services available within the NHS Wales App, Digital Maternity, the electronic prescribing and medicines (ePMA) programme and Connecting Care across care settings.
Early Prevention £6.85m
This budget, supported by Public Health Wales and the Health Boards, supports actions to create a step change in the prevention of ill health in Wales and sets out a package of evidence-based investment proposals intended to address both the immediate and underlying causes of poor health and wellbeing.
AHW Clinical £2.595m
This funding is used for the NHS Executive’s planned care programme to deliver cancer waiting list recovery and diagnostic endoscopy waiting list recovery.
Healthcare Science £2m
This funding supports the NHS Executive’s planned care programme to deliver Imaging, Pathology and Advanced Therapies.
Transformation Programme £5.024m
The Transformation Programme fund has been a key lever in driving success against the ‘A Healthier Wales: our plan for health and social care’. The fund focusses on creating integrated community care and support services/arrangements that are closer to home and that are rooted in the key principles of the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014; Prevention, Voice and Control, Co-production and Wellbeing.
It should be noted that as ‘A Healthier Wales’ is our 10 year strategic plan for the health and social care system in Wales this covers a wider range of policy actions and associated budgets that contribute to the delivery of our overall strategy. These budget sources have become subsumed in baseline budgets across the MEG, as we have moved through the implementation of AHW and the NHS have also re-focussed existing resources on delivering the outcomes within the plan.
Faint o gyfarfodydd y mae’r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet a'i ragflaenydd wedi'u cael gyda chlinigwyr mewn perthynas â roi diwedd ar ofal yn y coridor yn GIG Cymru?
I will write to you with a substantive response and a copy of the letter will be published on the internet.
O ran mangreoedd cartrefi preswyl i blant yng Nghymru, a yw rhydd-ddaliad unrhyw rai yn eiddo i unigolyn sydd ag euogfarn neu euogfarnau am droseddau rhyw?
O ran mangreoedd cartrefi preswyl i blant yng Nghymru, a yw rhydd-ddaliad unrhyw rai yn eiddo i unigolyn sydd ag unrhyw euogfarn neu euogfarnau am droseddau rhyw yn erbyn plant?
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros yr Economi, Ynni a Chynllunio
A wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet ddatganiad am y cymorth ariannol sydd ar gael gan Lywodraeth Cymru i gartrefi, busnesau a chymunedau yng Nghymru wella eu mynediad at wasanaethau band eang cyflym dibynadwy?
Responsibility for improving broadband connectivity in Wales rests with the UK Government. Despite telecommunications not being devolved to Wales, due to historic under-investment at UK level over the past decade or more, we have helped provide access to fast and reliable broadband.
The Welsh Government is finalising a business case for reinvesting returned funds from our Superfast Cymru roll-out to improve digital connectivity at premises that do not have access to at least superfast broadband speeds (30Mbps). A further announcement will be made in due course.
Access Broadband Cymru is a Welsh Government intervention to offer fast, reliable broadband to eligible premises. It can offer assistance to individual properties currently not able to access superfast broadband by providing grant aid to receive it through suitable technologies.
The scheme requires immediate and significant work to adjust its operation to reflect the evolving broadband market and the ongoing evolution of available technology solutions. To enable this work to take place the scheme was paused to all new applicants and new applications from 7thAugust 2024.
We anticipate that the scheme will re-open to applications in the Spring of 2025.
A wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ddyfodol cynllun grant Allwedd Band Eang Cymru?
Access Broadband Cymru is a Welsh Government intervention to offer fast, reliable broadband to eligible premises. It can offer assistance to individual properties currently not able to access superfast broadband by providing grant aid to receive it through suitable technologies.
Given the changing broadband landscape in Wales, the scheme is reviewed periodically to test whether an intervention is still needed, that it still meets the needs of homes, businesses and third sector organisations, and that it can be delivered within available funding and resources.
An internal review found that the scheme remains the only mechanism to fund the delivery of fast and reliable broadband to the very hardest to reach premises.
The scheme did, however, require immediate work to adjust its operation to reflect the evolving broadband market and the ongoing evolution of available technology solutions. Work is also being undertaken to review grant ceilings and the scheme’s administration to ensure that it continues to offer a targeted, flexible and responsive connectivity safety net to those that need it.
The changes required are significant and to enable this work to take place the scheme was paused to all new applicants and new applications from 7thAugust 2024.
We anticipate that the scheme will re-open to applications in the Spring of 2025.
Ymhellach i WQ93371, a wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gadarnhau pryd y mae'n bwriadu cyhoeddi canfyddiadau ei hadolygiad o gynhyrchiant busnesau bach a chanolig?
The short-term review into SME Productivity met for the first time this month. I expect to be in a position to publish the interim findings ahead of summer recess.
A wnaiff yr Ysgrifennydd Cabinet roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf am ba sgyrsiau y mae wedi'u cael gyda Chyngor Celfyddydau Cymru o ran hyrwyddo ymwybyddiaeth o LHDT?
The Welsh Government published its LGBTQ+ Action Plan in 2023. As part of our commitment to eliminate inequality in all its forms, the Arts Council’s Remit Letter seeks to ensure the organisation implements the commitments in the plan.
Ymhellach i WQ95442, a yw'n wir na all Llywodraeth Cymru weithredu ar y cyhuddiad yn erbyn Snowdonia Hotel Ltd gan nad oes ganddo unrhyw asedau gweddilliol sy’n weddill?
No, it is not the case. The charge is not limited to the assets of Snowdonia Hotel Ltd and it remains on the assets which did not relate to Snowdonia Hotel Ltd.
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Lywodraeth Leol a Thai
Pryd fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn cyhoeddi ei phenderfyniad am y cymorth ariannol fydd y Llywodraeth yn ei gyfrannu tuag at y cynllun i droi yr hen Debenhams ym Mangor yn ganolfan iechyd a llesiant?
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru’n gefnogol o’r prosiect Hwb Iechyd Bangor arfaethedig ac yn gweithio’n agos gyda Chyngor Gwynedd a Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Betsi Cadwaladr i ddatblygu’r cynnig. Ar hyn o bryd rydym yn aros am ragor o wybodaeth i gefnogi’r prosiect gan Gyngor Gwynedd cyn y gellir ystyried y prosiect ar gyfer cyllid i ddatblygu’r Achos Busnes Amlinellol. Rydym yn disgwyl y daw’r wybodaeth hon i law ym mis Chwefror 2025.
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gyfiawnder Cymdeithasol, y Trefnydd a’r Prif Chwip
A fydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn ymrwymo i ddiddymu ei holl fentrau amrywiaeth, cydraddoldeb a chynhwysiant?
No. Welsh Government remains committed to building a Fairer Wales.
Pa fesurau wedi'u targedu y bydd Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cyflwyno i fynd i'r afael ag anghydraddoldeb mewn ardaloedd gwledig yn Aberconwy?
Equality remains at the heart of all Welsh Government policy interventions, which are targeted at all communities across Wales, including rural communities.
Faint o erlyniadau ac euogfarnau sydd wedi digwydd o dan Ddeddf Plant (Diddymu Amddiffyniad Cosb Resymol) (Cymru) 2020?
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in Wales monitor the number of cases relating to the Act which are referred to them, as well how many of these cases are charged, and what the outcomes of these cases are. It is not currently possible to publish figures as the number reported is so small as to pose a risk to personal information being disclosed.
Pa sylwadau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi'u gwneud i Lywodraeth y DU ynglyn â’r angen am ymchwiliad ledled y DU i gamfanteisio'n rhywiol ar blant gan gangiau meithrin perthynas amhriodol yn sgil y galwadau gorws cynyddol o leisiau sy’n cynnwys ffigyrau gwleidyddol, dioddefwyr a'r cyhoedd yng Nghymru?
The Welsh Government welcomes the UK Government’s announcement of a rapid audit of the current scale and nature of gang-based exploitation across the UK led by Baroness Louise Casey. We will be engaging fully with this review and are actively liaising with UK Government colleagues on this matter.
A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gomisiynu ymchwiliad Cymru gyfan i gamfanteisio'n rhywiol ar blant gan gangiau meithrin perthynas amhriodol yng Nghymru?
The Welsh Government welcomes the UK Government’s announcement of a rapid audit of the current scale and nature of gang-based exploitation across the UK led by Baroness Louise Casey. We will be engaging fully with this review and are actively liaising with UK Government colleagues on this matter.
A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gyhoeddi ei holl ohebiaeth gyda'r gwasanaethau cymdeithasol o ran gweithredu gangiau meithrin perthynas amhriodol yng Nghymru?
I will write to you with a substantive response and a copy of the letter will be published on the internet.
Sawl rhywedd y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei gydnabod?
A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gyhoeddi ei holl ohebiaeth â rhanddeiliaid o ran gweithredu gangiau meithrin perthynas amhriodol yng Nghymru?
A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gyhoeddi ei holl ohebiaeth gyda'r heddlu o ran gweithredu gangiau meithrin perthynas amhriodol yng Nghymru?
A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru gyhoeddi ei holl ohebiaeth gydag awdurdodau lleol o ran gweithredu gangiau meithrin perthynas amhriodol yng Nghymru?
Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Drafnidiaeth a Gogledd Cymru
Pa drafodaethau diweddar y mae’r Ysgrifennydd Cabinet wedi'u cynnal gyda Chyngor Sir Penfro ynghylch mynediad i draeth Niwgwl a’r cynllun i adlinio’r gefnen raean fel opsiwn amgen i brosiect addasu arfordirol Niwgwl?
Further development work is ongoing this financial year on the Newgale coastal adaptation scheme, led by Pembrokeshire Council as the relevant highway authority with funding support from the Welsh Government. My officials are liaising with the Council who have assured that the suggested alternative is being appropriately considered before a decision on the preferred scheme that they will move forward with developing and promoting.