Cwestiynau Ysgrifenedig y Cynulliad i’w hateb ar 16 April 2014
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 bum diwrnod gwaith o leiaf cyn y maent i gael eu hateb. Yn ymarferol, mae’r Gweinidogion yn ceisio ateb rhwng saith ac wyth diwrnod, ond nid yw’n orfodol iddynt wneud hynny. Cyhoeddir yr atebion yn yr iaith y’u cyflwynir ynddi, gyda chyfieithiad i’r Saesneg o ymatebion a roddir yn y Gymraeg.
Gofyn i Weinidog yr Economi, Gwyddoniaeth a Thrafnidiaeth
Simon Thomas (Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru): Pa waith monitro y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi’i wneud o ran codi pont newydd yn lle Pont Briwet? (WAQ66701)
Simon Thomas (Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru): Pa drafodaethau y mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi’u cynnal â Chyngor Gwynedd ynghylch codi pont newydd yn lle Pont Briwet? (WAQ66702)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 16 Ebrill 2014 (WAQ66701-2)
Weinidog yr Economi, Gwyddoniaeth a Thrafnidiaeth (Edwina Hart): My Department monitors progress regularly through discussions with Gwynedd Council and our grant management procedures. I wrote to Gwynedd Council about this matter on 27 February 2014. In their reply, the Council assured me the project is being undertaken promptly, while taking into account the needs of road and rail users.
Gofyn i'r Weinidog Addysg a Sgiliau
Simon Thomas (Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru): A wnaiff y Gweinidog ddatganiad am gyllid ar gyfer y Rhaglen Addysg Ryngwladol dros y flwyddyn ddiwethaf? (WAQ66699)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 29 Ebrill 2014
Weinidog Addysg a Sgiliau (Huw Lewis): The International Education Programme (IEP) budget was £1,391,650 in 2013-14 and provided funding in grants to the British Council, CILT Cymru, the Holocaust Educational Trust, UK China Partnership in Education (UKCPIE), UK India Education Research Initiative (UKIERI), Higher Education Wales (HEW) and the European Association of Regional and Local Authorities for Lifelong Learning (EARLALL). The British Council attracted over €4.3m of European project funding in 2012 and the Confucius Institute around £200,000 from Hanban, China.
The main deliverables for this funding were:
Deliver in Wales and China a teacher up-skilling course in Mandarin for primary and secondary with the Cardiff Confucius Institute. Target: 15-20 participants.
With Hanban funding and the Wales China Schools Project, deliver over 200 “China Weeks”, providing over 40,000 total input hours of Chinese delivery.
Continue support to a further 16 schools across LA consortia, leading to a 5% rise in uptake in 60% existing schools and 40% new schools and 5% improvement in numbers of pupils attaining L5 or above at end of KS3 (by Sept 2014)
Business Language Champions (BLC) – recruit 6+ new international businesses, bringing the total to min 44.
180 Language Assistants
Welsh Language Project with Patagonia – 2 outward and 4 inward teachers
Lesotho Teacher Training Project – Target 6 teachers
International Professional Learning Communities – 3 clusters of 8-10 teachers
Youth in Action – 65 applications
Connecting Classrooms – increase minimum of 10% of schools participating
The Lessons from Auschwitz Project gives post-16 students from every school and college in Wales the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the Holocaust through a one-day visit to the Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Target 70 schools and colleges, 140 students aged 16-18 and 20 teachers.
Simon Thomas (Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru): Pa drafodaethau y mae'r Gweinidog wedi’u cynnal ynghylch gwaith Connect Cymru o dan raglen Erasmus+? (WAQ66700)
Derbyniwyd ateb ar 29 Ebrill 2014
Huw Lewis: I have not had any discussions regarding the work of Connect Cymru under the Erasmus+ programme. However, I am aware that my officials have agreed with the British Council that Connect Cymru will continue to be funded during this financial year.