9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
Could I just come in on that? Surely it's more cost effective in the long run, because would they not pay agencies more money than to have direct employment?
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Arolygiaeth Gofal Cymru: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
My question was about recruitment and the use of agency workers, because we hear that for our young people in care the best thing to help them is to have a consistent social worker, isn't it, for them and their families, really, to build up that bond of trust…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you. Those were my questions.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And Jeremy does.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
After 12 years of being a county councillor, moving here, it felt like this was a big council, in a way, because you rely on funding from UK Government as well. Does Welsh Government itself have sufficient staffing capacity to support its own policy ambitions…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And that's what's happened, so that's the model we have now, very often. So that's why we need to sustain them going forward, to help them and to grow, like you say, share that best practice.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And local authorities, 10 years of cuts—a lot of the services they may have provided in the past, each year they've had to look at maybe not providing. So, volunteers and charities, third sector, have had to step in.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I know social services departments in local authorities in north Wales would welcome that, in a way—that partnership working, learning best practice—if Welsh Government could help facilitate that a little bit more.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
It was, which you responded to earlier, thank you very much, yes. So, voluntary sector funding, I mentioned earlier an example with Your Space, and we have a lot of volunteers as well. So, the sustainable social services grant scheme allocates £3 million in…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
It was originally.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
And that's predicted to be June time, isn't it?
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I think the WLGA have been able to present some figures, haven't they, from third party organisations that they use as well, and purchasing, from the care provision, so, hopefully, that will help with your call for ask to UK Government as well going forward…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Okay. Thank you. Regarding placement costs and NI contributions, I know it's not Welsh Government's decision, but it's having an impact in relation to third sector foster and residential care providers. They're projecting a £38 million overspend. So, really…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Could I ask about assurance for long-term grant funding? The National Adoption Service and Foster Wales were given grant funding for three years, and that comes to an end. The WLGA have also expressed concerns. When they employ people to do these projects…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I'm changing my name to Kaz with a 'K'. [Laughter.]
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Great, thank you.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Because that’s really important for all these settings and for local government and everybody to know that, going forward with their planning.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
[Inaudible.]—Flying Start under the childcare inquiry we did on another committee, and they asked, because of the inflationary pressures, the difficulty of delivering it then and getting enough staff, et cetera, they asked if you could just concentrate on…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you.
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Earlier, when we talked about neurodiversity and a lot of young people coming forward needing assessments, what support then do we have in place to help families and young people, because of the anxiety, as well, once they have that diagnosis? Albert, you…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Good point. I'll put mine on. [Laughter.]
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Joel, my hearing's going a little bit. I can't hear you very well when you're speaking, I'm sorry. Can you speak a little bit louder?
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
I was just going to say that the Petitions Committee are looking at a petition calling for a ban on smartphones in schools, and we heard that, rather than using the word 'ban', schools have smartphone-free areas or they're a phone-free school, rather than…
9 Ionawr 2025 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cyllideb Ddrafft Llywodraeth Cymru ar gyfer 2025-26 - sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
That would be good. Thank you.
