Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig y Cynulliad a gyflwynwyd ar 4 Mehefin 2015 i'w hateb ar 11 Mehefin 2015
R - Yn dynodi bod yr Aelod wedi datgan buddiant.
W - Yn dynodi bod y cwestiwn wedi'i gyflwyno yn Gymraeg.
(Dangosir rhif gwreiddiol y Cwestiwn mewn cromfachau)
Rhaid cyflwyno Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig o leiaf bum diwrnod gwaith cyn y disgwylir iddynt gael eu hateb. Yn ymarferol, bydd Gweinidogion yn ceisio ateb o fewn saith neu wyth diwrnod ond nid oes rheidrwydd arnynt i wneud hynny. Caiff yr atebion eu cyhoeddi yn yr iaith y maent yn cael eu darparu, gyda chyfieithiad i'r Saesneg o ymatebion a ddarperir yn Gymraeg.
Gofyn i'r Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau
Aled Roberts (Gogledd Cymru): A fydd y cyllid ychwanegol o £12.5 miliwn ar gyfer 2014-15 o'r llinell wariant yn y gyllideb Gyflogaeth a Sgiliau, a oedd wedi'i glustodi ac y bwriadwyd ei ddefnyddio i gefnogi dysgwyr rhan-amser a chyflogedig, fod ar gael unwaith eto yn ystod y cyfnod hwn yn 2015-16 ac/neu cyfnod 2016 -17?(WAQ68748)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 16 Mehefin 2015
Dirprwy Weinidog Sgiliau (Julie James):
A funding allocation of £12.5 million was ring fenced to support the first phase development of the new Skills Priorities Programme in the 2014/15 academic Year. In the 2015/16 academic year Welsh Government has ring-fenced funding of £4.5 million for the second phase of the Skills Priorities Programme. This activity will run from September 2015 to March 2016 and will be delivered through three strands of activity
The first strand will fund residual learning activity within academic year 15/16. This will enable learners who have already commenced but not completed their learning in the 2014/15 academic year to achieve the learning outcome. The second strand will help build capacity within the further education sector to deliver targeted higher-level skills provision in line with Welsh Government priority sectors and linked to regional demand. The third strand will support practitioner development to enable lecturers to deliver qualifications at Levels 4 and 5 and above.
This activity will enhance the further education sector's capacity and capability to respond to the higher level skills requirements of employers.
Welsh Government officials will continue to work closely with Further Education Institutions to support the ongoing development of the Skills Priorities Programme. Further Education Institutions will be notified at the earliest opportunity of the Welsh Government funding available from April 2016. It is envisaged that this funding will be eligible for use as match funding within forthcoming European Social Fund projects. .
Gofyn i'r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol
Janet Finch-Saunders (Aberconwy): Pa gamau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn eu cymryd i fynd i'r afael â'r bwlch cyllido o £2.5 biliwn yng nghyllideb y GIG yng Nghymru y mae'r Ymddiriedolaeth Nuffield wedi'i ragweld erbyn 2025-26? (WAQ67849)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 11 Mehefin 2015
Y Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol (Mark Drakeford): The Welsh Government's budget has been ruthlessly reduced by the Government at Westminster. A further £50 million has been taken from Welsh services, in year and without any prior notice. Against this background the Welsh Government takes all steps within its own powers to protect patients from this attack.
The Welsh Government has provided an additional £500m in total for the NHS in 2014-15 and 2015-16 as part of its immediate response to the Nuffield Trust's A Decade of Austerity in Wales? report, which was published in 2014.
This is equivalent to an additional £80 per person in Wales in 2014-15 and £75 per person in 2015-16.
The long-term funding challenge identified by the Nuffield Trust is based on a number of assumptions, including that funding for the NHS maintains its share of GDP. The report also says that NHS will have to undertake service reform, provide more care closer to people's homes and make productivity and efficiency savings if it is to remain affordable in the long term.
Decisions about funding for the NHS in Wales will be taken following the outcome of the UK Government's spending review, which is expected in the autumn.