​Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig y Cynulliad a gyflwynwyd ar 5 Rhagfyr 2016 i'w hateb ar 12 Rhagfyr 2016

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)

Mae'n rhaid cyflwyno Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig o leiaf bum diwrnod gwaith cyn y maent i 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 Brif Weinidog Cymru

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog gyhoeddi faint o weision sifil sy'n gweithio yn yr adran addysg a pha is-adrannau sydd yn yr adran honno? (WAQ71635)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 7 Rhagfyr 2016

The First Minister (Carwyn Jones): Staffing matters within the Welsh Government are the responsibility of the Permanent Secretary. I have asked him to write to you separately with the information you have requested.    

 
Steffan Lewis (Dwyrain De Cymru): A wnaiff Llywodraeth Cymru amlinellu pa drafodaethau y mae wedi'u cael ynghylch trefniadau masnach y dyfodol â Chymu, â chynrychiolwyr (a) Cymdeithas Masnach Rydd Ewrop (EFTA), (b) yr Ardal Economaidd Ewropeaidd (EEA) ac (c) yr UE a'i sefydliadau, ers refferendwm yr UE? (WAQ71640)
 
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 13 Rhagfyr 2016

Carwyn Jones: During my visit to Brussels on 7 December I had meetings with the Swiss and Icelandic Ambassadors to the EU to discuss matters including their countries' relations and trade arrangements with the EU, their non-EU Free Trade Agreements and their governments' views of possible future membership of EFTA and the EEA for Wales and the wider UK. I will be visiting Norway in January for further discussions on these matters.
 
My officials in Brussels have had discussions with the Missions to the EU of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein, and with the representatives of Norwegian regions, that have included possible future trade arrangements for Wales and the wider UK.

My discussions at the European Parliament on 7 December included possible future trade arrangements and my officials have had initial, informal discussions with the EU institutions.

Gofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd, Llesiant a Chwaraeon

 
Angela Burns (Gorllewin Caerfyrddin a De Sir Benfro): Beth oedd cost net cynhwysion fesul eitem ar gyfer y cyffuriau generig canlynol yn 2015, o'i gymharu â phob blwyddyn ar gyfer y blynyddoedd adrodd 2007-2014?
Doxepin
Tranylcypromine Sulfate
Cloral Betaine
Chlortalidone
Dicycloverine hydroclorid
Dipipanone hydroclorid
Sodiwm Liothyronine
Trifluoperazine
Menthol
Carbimazole
Asid Asgorbig
(WAQ71624)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 8 Rhagfyr 2016

Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Iechyd, Llesiant a Chwaraeon(Vaughan Gething): The information requested is available from the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership.  Prescribing data can be found through the attached link:

http://www.primarycareservices.wales.nhs.uk/prescription-cost-analysis

Gofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gymunedau a Phlant

Suzy Davies (Gorllewin De Cymru): Yn dilyn y datganiad ysgrifenedig ar 5 Rhagfyr 2016, ynghylch casglu data ynglŷn â chyflwr tai yng Nghymru, a wnaiff y Gweinidog gadarnhau sut y canfyddir ac y cesglir y data a pha sefydliadau fydd yn gyfrifol am wneud hyn? (WAQ71641)

​Derbyniwyd ateb ar 14 Rhagfyr 2016

Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Gymunedau a Phlant (Carl Sargeant): An open and transparent OJEU procurement exercise for undertaking the sample survey of housing conditions in 2017-18 is in process. This survey of housing conditions will be complemented by relevant questions in the National Survey for Wales in 2017-18. Officials have identified a range of potential sources of data of relevance to the 'dwelling spine' but, throughout the programme, will engage further with a wide range of organisations which may be able to contribute to this improved evidence base on housing. Development options for the 'dwelling spine' are currently under consideration.

Gofyn i Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet dros Addysg 

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Faint o benaethiaid mewn ysgolion yng Nghymru sy'n gweithredu fel "Penaethiaid dros dro" ar hyn o bryd? (WAQ71625)
 

Kirsty Williams: The number of acting headteachers in local authority maintained schools is collected as part of the Pupil Level Annual Schools Census (PLASC). The 2016 PLASC release shows that there are 181 acting headteachers in Welsh schools.

Number of headteachers and acting headteachers in LA maintained schools

Source: Pupil Level Annual Schools Census 2016

The PLASC data regarding the number of qualified teachers and their role is published annually on the Welsh Government's Stats Wales website:

https://statswales.gov.wales/Catalogue/Education-and-Skills/Schools-and-Teachers/Schools-Census/Pupil-Level-Annual-School-Census/Staff-and-Governors/teachers-by-localauthorityregion-category

 
Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog roi manylion y rhanddeiliaid yr ymgynghorodd â hwy wrth ddatblygu cynigion Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer Academi Arweinyddiaeth Cymru? (WAQ71626)

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog roi enwau'r arbenigwyr sy'n ymwneud â datblygu Academi Arweinyddiaeth Cymru, fel y cyfeiriwyd ati yn natganiad i'r wasg Llywodraeth Cymru ar 17 Tachwedd 2016? (WAQ71628)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: As I set out in my Written Statement of 17 November, I have established a task and finish group to scope the remit, structure, governance arrangements and vision for the National Academy of Educational Leadership.

In doing so, I have clearly set out my expectation that they work closely with stakeholders, including teaching professionals, to ensure that their expertise and needs are reflected in the Academy once formally established.

When developing our early proposals in regard of the Academy my officials worked with a range of stakeholders.  These included; the Managing Directors of the Regional Consortia; the Association of Directors of Education Wales (ADEW) and Estyn.

External experts who were also involved included Steve Munby, CEO of the Education Development Trust, Sir Alasdair Macdonald and Professor Mick Waters.  Both Sir Alasdair and Professor Waters have subsequently been invited to take a role on the task and finish group to enable us to continue to benefit from their expertise.

Welsh Government officials have also visited Scotland to learn lessons from their experience in establishing the Scottish College of Education Leadership (SCEL) with both SCEL itself and the Scottish Government. 

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Pa gynlluniau sydd gan y Gweinidog i annog mwy o athrawon newydd gymhwyso i ystyried gyrfaoedd mewn arweinyddiaeth ganol? (WAQ71627)

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Pa gynlluniau sydd gan y Gweinidog i annog mwy o athrawon newydd gymhwyso i ystyried gyrfaoedd mewn arweinyddiaeth uwch? (WAQ71634)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: It is important that we all recognise that becoming and remaining a teacher is a career pathway which is as important and valid as seeking promotion into middle or senior leadership.

The priority for NQTs, at this early and crucial time in their professional lives, is to refine and hone their pedagogy through professional learning, innovation, collaboration and leadership.

All teachers, as part of their ongoing professional learning in the context of the new Professional Teaching Standards, will be developing their leadership skills allowing them to understand and consider future promoted responsibilities at middle and senior management.

The National Academy of Educational Leadership will ensure a consistent, coherent approach to how leadership will be developed for the education sector as a whole. Wider workforce developments including professional teaching and leadership standards will inform the thinking and focus of the Academy as it progresses.

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog gyhoeddi'r manylion diweddaraf o ran faint o gymhwyswyr TAR sy'n addysgu fel athrawon newydd gymhwyso yng Nghymru yn y flwyddyn ar ôl cymhwyso? (WAQ71629)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: There were 630 PGCE graduates who began teaching in Wales, six months after qualifying in the 2014/15 academic year. This only includes graduates who completed a Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey. The survey was completed by 86% of those who achieved qualified teacher status in the UK.  

Further Info:

Details of undergraduate and PGCE students who begin teaching in Wales six months after obtaining Qualified Teacher Status are published annually on StatsWales, and were updated on 07th December 2016.

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog ystyried datblygu a chyhoeddi cynllun gweithlu ar gyfer y proffesiwn addysgu ar gyfer y pum mlynedd nesaf? (WAQ71630)
 
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: I announced in Plenary in June the intention to develop a workforce and leadership strategy to set out explicitly a clear and coherent picture of the way forward for the workforce and how that will be developed and supported through the process of change.

This strategy will build upon the existing plans being led by Welsh Government and regional consortia including the deployment of pioneer schools to support peer-to-peer professional learning, the introduction of an enhanced professional learning passport and strengthened school development plans to support more effective planning and choice of professional learning. The strategy will also strengthen the focus in areas such as the development on new professional teaching standards, leadership development and the development of learning support staff. Initial work is underway and will be developed further over the next six months.

The Welsh Government’s Workforce Planning and Mobility Sub-group have been working to identify the data items required to better inform workforce planning across all public services including education. Whilst this will allow detailed analysis of current gaps and issues to address, additional work is underway to bring regulations into force which would enable the collection of a greater level of information on the school workforce in Wales.

This will help to consolidate and improve our school workforce intelligence and enable effective workforce planning to ensure that the right people with the right skills are deployed to provide a high quality, committed and motivated workforce. A formal consultation on the draft regulations will commence in the new year.

Historically, we have relied on the Teacher Planning and Supply Model (TPSM) to project the desired number of teachers required based on pupil projections and current pupil-teacher ratios. It also projects the number of in-service teachers and the subsequent over or under supply of teachers, given flows in and out of service. These flows cover the in-flow of newly qualified teachers and re-entrants to teaching in Wales, and the loss of teachers due to retirements and other reasons for leaving the profession.

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Sut y mae'r Gweinidog yn bwriadu denu mwy i mewn i'r proffesiwn addysgu? (WAQ71631)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: We want teaching to be a first choice profession and continue to focus on attracting the very best people with the right skills and personal qualities to consider teaching as a career. Initial teacher education has a key role in

raising the standard of education and educational attainment in our schools, to offer our future teachers and leaders the skills, knowledge and appetite to lead the change that will be required.  The aim of the revised criteria is to improve the quality and consistency of Initial Teacher Education provision and introduce a new improved and collaborative approach.

Financial incentives to attract graduates with the highest levels of subject knowledge into postgraduate Initial Teacher Education (ITE) programmes have been available for some time. In recent years the Welsh Government has targeted financial support toward attracting top graduates with high levels of degree subject knowledge in the secondary designated priority recruitment subjects of mathematics, chemistry, physics, Welsh, foreign languages and computer sciences. For academic year 2016/17, up to £20,000 is available for top postgraduate students who want to train to teach the key recruitment priority subjects in our schools. Eligible Welsh students will also be entitled to a tuition fee grant to support their studies.

Additional financial incentives of £2,000 are available under the Welsh Medium Improvement Scheme for secondary postgraduate chemistry and physics ITE trainees training to teach through the medium of Welsh, who need extra support to teach their specialist subject effectively in Welsh.

 
Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog gyhoeddi data ar faint o athrawon gwyddoniaeth a mathemateg a enillodd SAC yng Nghymru ym mhob un o'r pum mlynedd diwethaf? (WAQ71632)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: A total of 975 people achieved QTS in maths and science during the five years between 2010/11 and 2014/15.

Table 1: QTS qualifiers in maths and science, 2010/11 to 2014/15

Source: Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) Student Record
 
All numbers are rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers lower than 5 are displayed as "*" to avoid disclosing individuals.
Data for the 2015/16 academic year will be published in March 2017. Sports Science was excluded from the data.

 
Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddarparu'r rhestrau a ganlyn:
 
a)       Pa gyrff cyhoeddus o dan ei chylch gwaith sy'n derbyn cyllid uniongyrchol gan Lywodraeth Cymru; a
 
b)       Pa bartneriaid yn y trydydd sector o dan ei chylch gwaith sy'n derbyn cyllid grant gan Lywodraeth Cymru? (WAQ71633)
 
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: I enclose a list of the public bodies who receive direct funding and the third sector partners who receive grant funding from the Welsh Government. The information provided from the Welsh Government's finance system is based on spend to date for 2016-17 within the Education Main Expenditure Group (MEG). 
 

  
Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): A wnaiff y Gweinidog roi manylion ynghylch faint o arian y bydd Academi Arweinyddiaeth Cymru yn ei gael yn y tair blynedd ariannol nesaf? (WAQ71636)
 
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: In November I announced that progress on the development of the National Academy of Educational Leadership had been made and that I see this as key to the success of the education reforms currently being taken forward.

The development of the Academy is an important step forward and will ensure that Wales can develop both our current and future leaders.  

I propose to invest in the Academy utilising an element of the additional £100 million identified for school standards over this Government term of which £20 million    has been included in the draft budget for 2017-18. .  Detailed information regarding this funding is not yet available.    Draft budgets beyond 2017-18 are also not published at this point in time.

I will provide details of the planned funding in due course.

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Pa berthynas y mae'r Gweinidog yn ei rhagweld fydd gan y Cyngor Gweithlu Addysg a Chyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru wrth ystyried achredu a chyllido cyrsiau hyfforddiant cychwynnol athrawon o 2019? (WAQ71637)
 

Kirsty Williams: Such details will be set out and subject to subordinate legislation that will be laid and approved by resolution of the National Assembly for Wales. This will take place in the new year and I do not wish to pre-empt that debate, which will allow all members to consider the policy detail for the future accreditation of Initial Teacher Education.

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Ym mha ysgolion uwchradd yng Nghymru yr oedd y bwlch o ran cyrhaeddiad rhwng cynnydd disgyblion prydau ysgol am ddim a'r rhai sy'n gymwys i gael prydau ysgol am ddim rhwng 2014-15 a 2015-16 ar gyfer cyfnod allweddol 4 lefel 2 cynhwysol? (WAQ71638)

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: Please find a list of schools in the attached document.

Darren Millar (Gorllewin Clwyd): Ym mha ysgolion uwchradd yng Nghymru yr oedd y bwlch cyrhaeddiad o ran y lefel ddisgwyladwy yng nghyfnod allweddol 4, rhwng disgyblion prydau ysgol am ddim a'r rhai sy'n gymwys i gael prydau ysgol am ddim rhwng 2014-15 a 2015-16 o ran y pynciau a ganlyn?
a)       Saesneg
b)       Cymraeg iaith gyntaf
c)       mathemateg
(d)      gwyddoniaeth (WAQ71639)
 

Derbyniwyd ateb ar 9 Rhagfyr 2016

Kirsty Williams: Please find a list of schools for each subject in the attached document.