7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, I do think there are significant benefits. I think time spent outdoors is very good for young people's learning; it's good for mental health and well-being; it's also good for understanding the connections between people and nature; it's good for…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Yes, I do. I think the costs over the next five years are likely to be—. They're not likely to be going down, are they?
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
It's different because this is related to one part of the curriculum, and I'm setting it in the context of the curriculum, and this Bill creates an obligation for Ministers to fund residential outdoor provision in a very specific way, but doesn't, for…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, there are two aspects to that: firstly, because the particular pressures on budgets now require us to have a clearer sense of what the future implications of legislation might be. I do accept the point you're making that you could use that test against…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I do accept the point you're making: it is sometimes challenging to be specific. Needless to say, the point I'm making is, when you're working in a climate when budgets are under such incredible pressure, that becomes more of an issue.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, it's the current financial climate, I think. We are at a point where—
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
There are some assumptions. The RIA makes assumptions about the kinds of costs that are included within the duty, effectively. Staffing costs is one example, but there are others as well, and I don't think they fully capture the range of costs. But in so far…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think so. I don't have any particular concerns on the data sources that are being used.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
My broader point, which is a policy point, not a finance point, but it may be useful for this discussion, is that I don't think this is the only way that the curriculum can achieve the objectives of making sure that young people get access to outdoor…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, because of my point about funding pressures, I don't believe schools are in a position to fund from their current budgets the level of duty that this Bill creates, and that's why the Bill asks me to find the additional money for schools.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, I do accept that it is a matter of priorities, there's no question about that. My point, I think, is that there are other things that have a prior call on Government funding, which is under incredible pressure. So, if you were to say to me, 'If the Bill…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
We can—. From a policy point of view, we can provide some further information.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
There's a licensing regime, isn't there?
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I might ask one of my colleagues about the cost of Estyn inspections. I don't think that is the case, but I'll turn to them for that. On the question of whether it will create more of a demand, I expect that is a possibility. I think it's quite hard to know…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think they are, generally speaking, in line with what we think is the case. I don't think we could be confident that those costs are likely to reduce over the coming years, which I think is an assumption in the RIA, because of costs of living generally and…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
I think it's hard to know, in truth. There is an element of uncertainty around what residential outdoor education might involve in a particular context, for a particular school, for a particular group of young people. And I think it is a fair assumption to…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Okay. So what the Bill—. The Bill has the effect, and I have no doubt about this, of making residential outdoor education a compulsory part of the curriculum. The Bill then goes on to say that, through guidance, Ministers can address aspects of that, but that…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, just as a matter of first principle, the more closely defined something is, the easier it is to cost. And some of the points that you just asked about are the sorts of things that the code requires Ministers to provide guidance on. My own view is that…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, I think it does necessarily, because there is a gap at the heart of the Bill in that the purpose of the Bill is not defined in that sense, which I think is highly problematic from a policy point of view, but it's also problematic from a funding point of…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, I—. The short answer to your question is, 'No, I don't want to achieve that', for the following reason. I think outdoor learning is a very, very good thing; I don't think what this Bill seeks to achieve in terms of providing a residential course of a…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
If that is what you were trying to achieve, you would need a Bill.
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Essentially. If what the Bill simply, as it were, wants to do—which for policy reasons I also don't think is a good idea, but, from the point of view of your question, if what the Bill simply wants to do is to make an experience of residential outdoor…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Well, there are two main provisions in the Bill, and both of them operate by way of including new sections in the 2021 curriculum legislation. So, the first is in the first section, section 1(2) of the Bill, and that provides a broadly based obligation on the…
7 Chwefror 2024 , Finance Committee
Goblygiadau ariannol y Bil Addysg Awyr Agored Breswyl (Cymru): Sesiwn dystiolaeth
Jeremy Miles, Gweinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg. Gyda fi mae Emyr Harries, sy'n gyfrifol am y maes hwn o fewn Llywodraeth Cymru, a Lloyd Hopkin, sy'n gyfrifol am y cwricwlwm o fewn Llywodraeth Cymru.
6 Chwefror 2024 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan Weinidog y Gymraeg ac Addysg: Cymwysterau galwedigaethol
Dim ond i gydnabod y pwynt mae Hefin David yn ei wneud, ac mae'n gyson iawn â thema ei adroddiad, ac rwy'n credu ei fod yn ymwneud â nodi arfer da, onid ydyw? Soniodd am goleg Castell-nedd Port Talbot; mae gennyf i fy nghysylltiad fy hun â'r coleg hwnnw o…
